TAXILA: Provincial Minister for Social Welfare and Bait ul Maal Syed Yawar Abbas Bokhari on Saturday said the provincial government had a development package worth Rs8 billion for Attock district.

Talking to newsmen he said the development projects to be executed this fiscal year include establishment of 200-bed mother and child hospital, upgradation of District Headquarters Hospital, upgradation of nursing school to college level and many other projects.

Responding to a question, Mr Bokhari said the state of the art mother and child hospital would be completed in two years and soon its foundation stone would be laid while the upgradation of DHQ Hospital will be started in August this year.

He said that state of the art trauma centre will be built in DHQ Hospital and Gondal where all facilities will be available to handle any type of fatalities on Rawalpindi-Peshawar G.T. Road, Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway and Hazara Motorway.

Mr Bokhari said a house for the orphans would be built at the cost of Rs400 million in Attock. He said Attock to Haji Shah and Jhala Khan Chowk to Bahtar road will be carpeted.

Responding to another question, the minister said the present government had taken several steps for the welfare of the people.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2021