PESHAWAR, June 12: The Chairman of the National Commission on Human Development (NCHD), Dr Nasim Ashraf, has said that the commission will undertake several projects in social sector in four districts of the NWFP.

Dr Ashraf, who called on Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah here on Tuesday, said the commission had planned to carry out several development projects in rural and urban areas of the province and, initially, four districts had been identified for the first phase. Later, the projects would be started in other districts of the province.

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