PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mohammad Azam Khan has said the provincial government will take all possible steps for the welfare of the residents as allowed by its constitutional mandate.

“The government will ensure complete integrity and honesty in all matters of governance,” Mr Khan told a meeting on the boards of directors of autonomous bodies, according to an official statement issued here on Tuesday.

The chief minister said that public welfare would be of the foremost importance in all decisions of the government, while meritocracy and transparency would be ensured in all matters of governance.

The participants examined legal matters related to the functions of BoDs with a focus on the decisions taken in the 34th board meeting of the Provincial Housing Authority.

Law minister retired Justice Arshad Hussain Shah, chief secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, the law secretary, the advocate general and other high-ups attended the meeting. The participants decided to review the new policy regarding allotment of plots under the Provincial Housing Authority.

The chief minister directed the chief secretary to look into the decisions taken in the 34th PHA board meeting regarding the allotment of plots.

The meeting also decided that a committee consisting of the law minister, advocate general and other authorities would look into the decisions of the 34th PHC board meeting and submit its recommendations to the chief minister.

Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2023