PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has termed the concept and formal launch of e-billing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the strong and transparent basis for corruption-free governance, rule of law and upholding of merit.

He expressed these views while launching the e-billing system in communication & works department at the Chief Minister Secretariat here on Tuesday.

Provincial minister for C&W Akbar Ayub Khan was also in attendance.

The chief minister said: “We are introducing a new culture against the old mindset and status quo that will change the whole complexion of governance in the province and will facilitate change, discourage corruption and irregularities and misuse of resources”.

The e-billing expertise and model will be replicated at federal levels and the armed forces would also get benefit of it in order to ensure transparency at all levels of governance.

Giving his green signal to the expansion of Swat Expressway, the chief minister said the mega project would lead to sustained economic growth of the province.

The chief minister said the PTI government was going all out to replace the rusty system of the past with the new system based on modern technology to run public sector institutions transparently and with full dynamism in consonance with the new age requirements.

Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2018