KOHAT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday announced he would focus his attention on the development of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa people, who voted his party to power in the province.

“Now, I and my party will take all possible steps to bring positive change in the life of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Our actions will be visible to the people. I will launch and supervise long-term development programmes in the province,” he told participants of the IT Park inaugural ceremony here over the telephone.

The IT Park will be the first of its kind in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The event was attended by transport minister Shah Mohammad, MNA Shehryar Afridi, MPA Zareen Zia, chairman of Kohat district development advisory committee and MPA Ziaullah Bangash and MPA Gul Sahib Khattak.

Imran Khan told participants that he couldn’t give due attention to the resolution of the problems facing the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as he was busy with the party’s sit-in in Islamabad against the election rigging.

He said the province had youths full of information technology talents and that they just needed the government’s encouragement.

The PTI chairman said the province was rich in natural resources, which would be developed in such a way that intelligent children show their abilities.

Says his struggle against corrupt system will continue at national level

He said PTI would continue its struggle against corrupt system at the national level.

In his address, MPA Ziaullah Bangash said growth in IT was essential for development in the world.

He said the countries not paying attention to the IT sector lagged behind in modern times.

The MPA said the IT Park would benefit the youths of Kohat and adjoining districts.

He said at the park, experts would provide new ideas to the youths.

“We plan to convert Kohat into an IT city in future,” he said.

The MPA said work had begun on the biggest recycling plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said the PTI government had approved Rs60 million for the beautification of Kohat under which the area’s history would be preserved by installing monuments.

Rs50 MILLION RECOVERED: The local anti-corruption department Kohat circle has recovered Rs50 million from corrupt officials during the last six months.

The information was shared by assistant director Ali Hassan Khan while talking to Dawn here on Wednesday.

Ali Hassan said the department was tightening noose around corrupt officials, who would be punished for plundering the taxpayers’ money.

He said his department had arrested 35 officials of 5-9 grades in the communication and works, public health engineering, education and revenue departments over corruption during the period.

The assistant director said corruption could be eradicated from the society only if the people helped the relevant authorities.

He asked the people to contact him if any official sought bribe or they found anomaly in development projects.

Published in Dawn January 15th , 2015

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