MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Establishment and Administration Department has notified Tanawal as another tehsil of the Mansehra district.

“We are thankful to the chief minister and his cabinet for approving the Tanawal tehsil. Now the establishment department has approved it formally and asked the relevant departments to ensure enforcement of its decision,” chief minister’s adviser on interior Babar Saleem Swati told reporters here on Sunday.

He said that the provincial cabinet had on December 13 approved the establishment of Tanawal as tehsil, increasing the number of such administrative units to six in the district.

The lawmaker said that the senior member board of revenue (SMBR) had also given its approval and asked the finance department to release the funds to ensure the functioning of the new tehsil.

“The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government’s step would help end the centuries-old deprivations of the people,” Mr Swati said.

He also said that security of the educational institutions had been enhanced across the province.

Published in Dawn, December 26th, 2022