Summary The proposed measures include the construction and repair of roads, addressing medicine shortages in hospitals, providing new furniture in schools and improving facilities at healthcare centres
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - An action plan proposing 206 measures across 27 departments has been prepared to promote political and economic stability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a focus on law and order, administrative reforms, public services and economic development.
According to sources, the 100-to-180-day plan outlines a range of initiatives across the province, including the merged districts, aimed at improving governance, public facilities and government performance.
The proposed measures include the construction and repair of roads, addressing medicine shortages in hospitals, providing new furniture in schools and improving facilities at healthcare centres. The plan also proposes interest-free loans and vocational training programmes for young people.
Under the plan, around 1,150 key roads would be repaired, covers installed on 8,000 open manholes, sanitation improved at 4,000 locations, nearly 150 blocked drainage channels cleared and 80 parks restored.
Other proposed initiatives include beautifying markets and public buildings across districts, installing solar-powered streetlights along major roads, improving traffic management at 20 of Peshawar’s busiest intersections and completing unfinished sections of the Ring Road. Renovation and maintenance work on the Grand Trunk (GT) Road has also been proposed.
The plan further includes the construction and improvement of a bypass in Bannu, restoration of non-functional water supply schemes and round-the-clock operations at basic health units in selected districts. Improvements to sports grounds are also part of the proposed measures.
In the health sector, the plan proposes vaccination services at basic health units, 24-hour services at 250 facilities and ensuring the availability of at least 80 per cent of essential medicines. Digital monitoring of the attendance of doctors, nurses, support staff and other healthcare workers is also proposed.
For education, the action plan envisages improvements at 1,500 schools and the provision of furniture to address shortages affecting around 700,000 students. It also proposes transferring underperforming schools to the private sector, reopening damaged or non-functional schools in the merged districts and expanding Rescue 1122 services in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Youth-focused initiatives include interest-free loans, vocational training, employment-oriented skills development, youth centres in government buildings, sports competitions and support for entrepreneurial and research projects at universities.
In the energy sector, concessional financial assistance would be provided to 65,000 households, particularly widows and disadvantaged groups, to help them install domestic solar systems.
The mining sector proposals include medical examinations and technical training for miners, digitisation of mining records and the establishment of centres to respond to mining accidents in Kohat, Abbottabad and Buner.
According to sources, several names have been proposed for the initiative, including Mustahkam Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 180-Day Strategic Action Plan.
