ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has rejected allegations levelled in a ‘white paper’ by federal government about the performance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, PTI information secretary Shireen Mazari, MNA Asad Umar and four provincial ministers claimed that the allegations were baseless.
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The ‘white paper’, titled “A great betrayal in the name of change: performance overview of the KP government (May 2013-Septtember 2014)”, highlighted what the government termed the unfulfilled promises of the PTI.
Provincial Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani told the press conference that when the PTI came into power, there were challenges of governance and corruption.
“We have ensured good governance and passing the bill of local government system was the first step in this regard. The Right to Information (RTI) bill was passed to discourage corruption,” he said.
“The KP government has ensured that Fards (titles) of land are issued in seven days, registration of birth and death is done in two days, domiciles are issued in 10 days and FIRs are registered instantly,” he said.
Provincial Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Atif Khan said his government was giving priority to education of girls, adding that new schools were being constructed and 70 per cent of them would be for girls.
The minister said that hydroelectric projects were the cheapest and most environment-friendly source of electricity, but the federal government had been offering 29pc return on coal-based energy and only 21pc on hydel power.
Provincial Health Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai termed it strange that the PML-N government had claimed that KP government was not performing well in the sector.
KP Revenue Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur said Rs70 million had been recovered from some officials who had taken bribe from people.
Answering a question, Asad Umar said it was up to the National Assembly speaker to accept his and his colleagues’ resignations.
Published in Dawn, October 4th , 2014