Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak has said that the future performance of the PTI in KPK would be appraised on the basis of performance of the PTI Nazims.
Addressing the PTI district and tehsil nazims at CM House today, Khattak briefed them about the present provincial government’s reforms, policies and especially the primary objectives of the devolution of powers under the local government system
He outlined that curbing corrupt practices in government departments, maintaining official discipline created by the present PTI-led provincial government, ensuring judicious use of the district development funds and strict observance of the rules of business, legal framework, the guidelines and the provincial government policies are what the provincial government as well as the PTI central leadership expect from the newly elected PTI Nazims of all tiers of the local governments.
Adding that even most of the powers of the chief executive and the cabinet of the province have been surrendered to the system introduced by the provincial government under the reforms agenda of the PTI.
Dispelling the impression that the provincial government did not allow nazims to exercise the powers of posting, transfers in the devolved district departments, the Chief Minister maintained that how he or the cabinet members delegate those powers which even they do not enjoy? He, however, ensured that Local Government Rules of Business were being released very soon which would provide fool proof procedures for district governments’ functioning as well as exercise of powers and policy guidelines.
He informed that transfers of teachers of the government schools had been strictly banned by the present government and a comprehensive law was being considered to make the teachers postings permanently non transferable and only through such law availability of teachers in government schools could be ensured, he added.
He, however, stressed that the local governments would have to work as “B” Team of the provincial government and regularly monitor the working of the devolved department particularly education, health, police and revenue facilities in order to ensure continuity of the system reforms introduced in these sectors.
