PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has asked for revamping and restructuring of the Information & Public Relations Department to make it more effective in line with the modern-day needs.
During a meeting held here in order to review the overall role and performance of the department, the KP chief minister directed for rehabilitation of regional information offices with minimum essential staff.
He also directed for the appointment of PROs for ministers in the first stage and then focusing on vitalisation of the department in phased manner as well as asked for prompt actions in this respect and submitting a report with all recommendations through the chief secretary.
Held in the CM’s chair, the meeting was also attended by Provincial Minister for Information Mushtaq Ghani, Senior Minister for LG&RD Inayatullah, Advisor to CM Arif Yousaf advocate, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Secretary Information Hazrat Masood Mian, Director Information Imdadullah, Press Secretary to Chief Minister Ghulam Hussain Ghazi and other concerned authorities.
He said, “We do not want the information department just to work as mouth piece of the government and perform its traditional and stereotype functions of giving undue publicity to the government contrary to the ground realities.”
