PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The provincial government has ordered detachment of women development department from population welfare and women development department, NWFP, and its merger with zakat, ushr and social welfare department, NWFP, with immediate effect.

Consequent upon these orders, the population welfare and women development department, NWFP, has been renamed population welfare department, NWFP.

Similarly zakat, ushr and social welfare department, NWFP, has been renamed zakat, ushr, social welfare, women development department, NWFP.

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