PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Tuesday performed the groundbreaking of the new general bus stand project in Peshawar, which would be completed by June 2023 at an estimated cost of Rs5 billion.

A statement issued here said that the bus stand spread over 303 kanals would have 375 bays for parking of the light and heavy vehicles.

The stand will have all the facilities, including mosque, shops, cafeteria, workshops, rest areas, toilets, service stations, petrol pump and water recycling plant.

The statement said that all the bus stands operating in the city would be shifted to the new general bus stand, which would help reduce environmental pollution in Peshawar.

The chief minister also inaugurated the newly-established family park in Bashirabad, which had been completed at a cost of Rs75 million.

Mr Khan while addressing the newly-elected local body representatives and party workers in Bashirabad, said that the LG representatives should serve the people with enthusiasm.

On this occasion, he criticised the opposition and claimed that a bunch of politically jobless people had looted the national exchequer.

He said that whatever these politicians would do they would not be able to succeed in their goal to harm Imran Khan.

The chief minister said that people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stood with Imran Khan and a huge crowd would reach Islamabad on March 27 to attend the historical public meeting there.

Published in Dawn, March 23rd, 2022