Published in Business Recorder 3Jan 13 - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Population Welfare, Saleem Khan unveiled a plaque to inaugurate the completion of black-topping of Dulomuch road Chitral, the other day. In this connection, a ceremony was held at boys hostel Dulomuch. Besides, local officials, the ceremony were also attended by PPP workers and the general public in large number.
Addressing on the occasion, Provincial Minister said that Dulomuch colony consisting on 250 households and residents of the area were facing great problems especially in rain and snowfall.
He said that the road was blacktopped with a cost of 28.3 million to facilitate these people despite that provincial government facing different challenges like terrorism, flood and natural calamity.
He said that PPP is a real democratic party and that is why I was elected a provincial minister despite that belonging to a middle class family. Some Rs 4billion were released for different developmental schemes at Chitral. Similarly 420 million would be spent on water supply scheme from Golain to Chitral as well as pipeline from Hunza spring to Chitral is also under process. Work suspended on Lawari tunnel for 4 years because bureaucracy are the main hurdles in its way, he added.
Bypass road was inaugurated four times in past but no practical work started hence this government not only released fund for this mega project but work also assumed which will be completed upto the middle of next year. We can thought only about university in past but in our period Campus of two universities were established here and it is expected that a full fledge university will be open here if we success in next term of government. We promoting education because it is stair for development he proclaimed. A girls degree college was approved for Drosh and 9 higher secondary schools for girls at different parts of Chitral. He said that some 240 million were released for Singor road by our government. we appointed 2000 youth in different departments.
As well as we increased fire wood and unattractive areas allowance for government servants. Upgradation of primary school teachers were completed in our coalition government from PBS 7 to 15 and work started on 3 hydro power stations at Chitral as a result not we will be sufficient in electricity need but we will get million of rupees as royalty in this head.
Provincial Minister announced of Rs 100,000 for play ground for youth at Dulomuch and 10,000 to Ajaz Ahmad President Peoples Youth Development organisation. Some people also joined PPP from PML Q. Traditional gifts were presented to Provincial Minister by elites of the area. Besides him Liaquat Ali, Zuhran Shan, Hassan Khan, Durdana Khan, Muzaffar, Zar Doom Khan, Hakeem advocate, and Adina Shah also spoke on the occasion. A large number of people belonging to all walks of life were present on the occasion.