PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa adviser for information Samar Haroon Bilour has said the KP Advisory Council in the province is focusing on practical measures instead of promises to address people’s grievances and improve service delivery.

Speaking to journalists at the Peshawar Press Club, Ms Samar said that the advisory council was working to clear the mess accumulated over the last 13 years.

She said that the scale of “corruption and financial and administrative irregularities” had made it difficult to determine where the accountability process should begin.

The adviser said that the long march had turned into a “round march” and reached its logical conclusion.

She said that she had begun her political journey at the Peshawar Press Club and considered the institution her home.

Ms Samar added that as a daughter-in-law of Peshawar, she wanted to serve the people of the city to the best of her abilities.

Paying tribute to journalists in the province, she said she held their sacrifices in high regard and acknowledged their contributions.

The adviser said that there would be no compromise on the country’s sovereignty and defence and that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would give the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a pleasant surprise.

Referring to law and order, Ms Samar claimed that 960 kilogrammes of narcotics had been seized in Peshawar during the final year of a former chief minister’s tenure, describing it as a record recovery.

She said the families of children killed in the Dir Colony tragedy had been visited and provided with assistance so that they would not have to appeal publicly for financial support.

The adviser also said that doctors and nurses who had been protesting a day ago were now performing their duties willingly.

She said that KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi had announced a substantial increase in police salaries and special compensation packages for the families of police personnel who had sacrificed their lives in the fight against terrorism, in an effort to address the force’s sense of deprivation.

Ms Samar claimed that the provincial administration had accomplished within 11 days of the imposition of the governor’s rule tasks that the previous government had failed to complete in 13 years.

She alleged that the former rulers had remained preoccupied with public meetings and political rallies.

The adviser said that there were currently no street protests or demonstrations in the province and that the administration was concentrating on practical steps to provide facilities to the people.

She said that plots had been allotted to the families of police personnel who had laid down their lives for the country.

Ms Samar said that those who couldn’t be provided with plots were being offered cash compensation to prevent the bereaved families from falling into despair.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2026