MANSEHRA: Special assistant to the chief minister on revenue Taj Mohammad Tarand has said the government will introduce the e-stamping system in the province next month.

“As part of initiatives to eliminate corruption, we [KP government] are going to introduce e-stamp papers in Nowshera next month as a pilot project,” he told a function held here on Saturday for the inauguration of the Services Delivery Centre.

MPA Babar Saleem Swati and additional deputy commissioner Babar Tanoli were also in attendance.

Mr Tarand said the new system would do away with physical stamp papers and introduce e-stamps to be signed by notary public.

CM aide says move part of initiatives against corruption

He said the computerisation of the operations of 78 patwar circles in Mansehra district was in full swing and the exercise would help land owners and buyers get access to the records for commutation and other purposes.

“With the launch of computerised delivery services, corruption and ambiguities in land records will also come to an end,” he said.

The CM’s aide regretted that Hazara division’s Torghar, Upper and Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas district didn’t have land records. He said the government would regularise all community land in all those four districts.

Mr Tarand said in the second phase, land revenue records would be centralised with those seeking access to them could do so anywhere in the province.

Local MPA Babar Saleem Swati said the PTI government was taking tangible steps to do away with corruption in the province.

BRIDGE TO BE REBUILT: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf divisional coordinator in Hazara, Salah Mohammad Khan, on Saturday said the government would shortly rebuild a bridge swept away by flash floods in Baffa area.

“The bridge which was swept away in the flash floods at Siren River marooned the population of many towns and villages and I would take this issue with the Chief Minister for its early reconstruction,” he told reporters here on Saturday.

The PTI leader said Rs450 million was required to reconstruct that bridge and it was likely to be released after approval by the chief minister.

He said a survey was being carried out by the government to assess damage caused by flash floods and landslides in the province.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2022