PESHAWAR: Provincial Health Minister, Shahram Tarakai Wednesday informed provincial assembly that issue of appointment and recruitment in healthcare commission in 2016 has been settled by NAB KP and Peshawar High Court (PHC).
The health minister made the clarification on a calling attention notice of Uzma Khan of JUI-F. The assembly met here with Speaker Assad Qaisar in the chair after 14 days break.
After clarification by the health minister, the mover did not press her calling attention notice. She had complained about that healthcare commission regarding illegal appointments in 2016. She further said that the inquiry committee into the matter conducted by the health secretary had ordered re-advertisement of the appointments.
The provincial assembly referred the KP Assembly Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Peshawar Development Authority Bill moved by LG Minister Inayat Ullah Khan to the respective committees of the house for scrutiny.
Law Minister, Imtiaz Shahid presented KP Public Private Partnership 2017 (Amendment) Bill and Public Service Commission Report for the year 2015 on behalf of Chief Minister. The bill was moved to house committees for deliberations.
Peshawar Development Bill 2017 entailed the formation of an authority headed by Chief Minister as its chairman, minister for LG as its Vice Chairman and eight members including one MPA from Peshawar District, District Nazim Peshawar, Secretary P&D, Secretary Finance, Secretary LG, Secretary Forest, and Commissioner Peshawar while DG PDA will act as member cum secretary.
The authority will focus on better management and development to improve the quality of life within the jurisdiction of PDA, establish an integrated metropolitan and development, to ensure optimum utilization of resources, economical and effective utilization of land and to evolve policies and programmes related to improvement of the environment of housing, industrial development, traffic, transportation, health, education, water supply, sewerage, drainage and solid waste disposal.
