TIMERGARA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzafar Syed on Saturday said the educated youth won’t have to go abroad for earning a living as they would be properly accommodated in the province.

He was addressing a public meeting at Sheikhan village here. Earlier, the minister inaugurated a link road and street pavement projects at the village.

The finance minister announced the construction of Toora Tiga road and provision of water supply scheme for the locality. He also announced Rs4 million for street pavement and a water supply scheme for Shiekhano village. He said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government believed in merit and a corruption-free society. He said a total of 1,238 posts of teachers had been sanctioned in Lower Dir schools to overcome staff shortage.

The minister announced construction of two additional rooms at government girls primary school, Shiekhano.

Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2016

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