Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Wednesday reviewed the province\u2019s development spending and directed departments to expedite project completion to ensure timely benefits for citizens. Chairing a high-level meeting at the Chief Minister\u2019s House, Afridi assessed the utilization of funds under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Annual Development Programme, the Merged Districts ADP, the Accelerated Implementation Programme, and foreign-assisted projects.
\nOfficials briefed the meeting that fund utilization in the Merged Districts ADP had reached 94 percent, the highest among the programmes. Utilization under the Accelerated Implementation Programme stood at 92 percent, while 88 percent of released funds under the provincial ADP had been spent. Implementation across sectors was described as satisfactory, with officials expressing confidence that the target of 100 percent utilization of released funds would be achieved in the coming days.
\n\u201cTimely completion of development projects is essential for accelerating economic growth, improving public service delivery, and strengthening governance outcomes across the province,\u201d the chief minister said.
\nAfridi reiterated that health and education remained the government\u2019s top priorities, adding that the next ADP would continue to focus heavily on these sectors alongside other critical social services.
\nHe stressed that providing quality healthcare was a core government responsibility and said no compromise would be made on improving access to essential services. Noting the growing patient load on Peshawar\u2019s major hospitals, he called for enhanced attention, strategic planning, and targeted investments in the health sector.
\nThe chief minister said projects nearing completion would be prioritized to ensure tangible benefits reach communities without delay. He also reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to transparent, efficient, and timely use of development resources across all regions of KP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Wednesday reviewed the province\u2019s development spending and directed departments to expedite project completion to ensure timely benefits for citizens. Chairing a high-level meeting at the Chief Minister\u2019s House, Afridi assessed the utilization of funds under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Annual Development Programme, the Merged Districts ADP, the Accelerated …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":90319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99205,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99179\/revisions\/99205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}