Cabinet approves hike in professional tax CM says KP govt strengthenaing private sector

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the provincial government is delegating powers to the private sector to ensure its efficient role in the development process and that is why private representatives have been inducted in various boards constituted for the improvement of different institutions.

He said this while presiding over a meeting of the provincial cabinet at Civil Secretariat here on Monday morning. Provincial ministers, special assistants and advisors to chief minister, chief secretary and administrative secretaries attended the meeting.

The meeting reviewed preparations for the next budget, self-employment scheme, professional tax, matters of the Public Service Commission, Galyat Development Act and hydel development funds.  A number of decisions were also taken.

On the occasion Fateha was offered for the victims of the recent bomb attack in Lahore.The chief minister declared that the next Annual Development Plan would not be less in size from the current budget.

Similarly, he said, 50 per cent of the gas royalty would be spent on provision of gas supply to the masses in the gas producing districts of the province.The chief minister said the rest of 50 per cent funds would be utilised in other sectors.

He said that clean drinking water would be supplied to Karak district through establishment of filtration plants in the area.Pervez Khattak directed the Finance Department to release forthwith the development funds to various departments. He said that utilisation of development funds was far better in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa than other provinces.

The cabinet meeting approved increase in professional tax.  Similarly, report of the cabinet committee on strengthening of Public Service Commission was also approved.