Rs 371b allocated in KP budget for people orient4ed projects: Shafi Ullah
PESHAWAR:Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for Prisons, Shafi Ullah Khan Monday said it was a people-friendly budget. He said steps taken in the provincial budget for the sustainable growth and people’s welfare would have a far-reaching impact on people’s life besides strengthening the economy. Talking with different delegations from his constituency […]
Restoration work of Machi branch in upper Sawat underway
PESHAWAR:On the special instructions of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KP Mehmood Khan, the work of restoring the protective wall of Machi Branch of Upper Swat Canal, which was damaged by the earthquake, is underway on emergency basis. The reconstruction work is underway day and night. On the direction of the Chief Minister, Secretary Irrigation and […]
KP Govt allocates Rs.13.2 billion as developmental expenditures in agriculture
PESHAWAR: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would spend Rs. 13.2 billion as developmental expenditures in agriculture sector during fiscal year 2021-22. Presenting the budget, KP Finance Minister, Taimur Salim Jhagra said that amount would be spent on various agriculture sector’s development programmes including promotion of olive plantation in merged districts, poverty alleviation through development of […]
Annual budget of Abbottabad and Bannu universities approved in separate senate meeting
PESHAWAR: On the direction of Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman, two more universities of the province, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology and University of Science and Technology Bannu, held separate meetings of the Senate at Governor House, Peshawar on Friday to discuss the financial year 2021. After reviewing the budget priorities and technical aspects […]
KP allocated Rs 142 billion for health sector
PESHAWAR: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the first time in province’s history provided a health insurance of up to Rs one million per year to around 40 million people through Sehat Insaf Card, the Provincial Finance Minister, Taimur Saleem Jhagra said in his budget 2021-22 speech on Friday. The provincial government has allocated a […]
KP starts PakVak Vaccination
PESHAWAR: he Health Department has started use of homemade PakVak Coronavirus vaccine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The first doze of Pakvak vaccine was administered to 270 citizens during last 24 hours. Pakistan’s National Institute of Health (NIH) has developed a homemade vaccine with the help of a Chinese vaccine company CanSinoBio to produce three million doses […]
Chairman BoG KTH strongly condemns violence against doctors
PESHAWAR: Board of Governor (BoG) Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) Thursday condemned violence against doctors by the attendants and relatives of a patient who breathed last at hospital the other day and were blaming doctors for negligence. The relatives of the patient have started violence on doctors and the doctors went on strike against them. A […]
Educational institutions reopen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: All schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were reopened across the province on Thursday after following a notification issued by Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. The schools were reopened after a nominal relief was witnessed in hot weather conditions. The notification said all the district education officers had been informed to ensure compliance of the […]