community policing would also be introduced there.
He said the chief minister had directed the ministers and MPAs to visit schools in their respective areas to ensure that the security SOPs (standard operating procedures) were strictly followed.
Mushtaq Ghani said the cabinet endorsed the decision to provide Rs24,000 stipend per annum to unemployed degree holders who had completed 16 years of education or were graduates from seminaries.
He added that 5,217 applications were received in this regard, out of which 3,720 applicants fulfilled the laid down conditions.
He said investigation into the APS carnage had almost been completed as the masterminds and those who staged the attack had been identified. He said the masterminds of the attack were hiding in Afghanistan.
He said the federal government should make it clear to the Afghan government that either it should arrest the culprits and hand them over to Pakistan or Pakistan government should take steps for capturing them in Afghanistan.
The cabinet also approved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities (Amendments)
2015 through which changes would be made in the existing law for reducing the tenure of vice-chancellors of public sector universities from four to three years.
He added that the amendment also provided for sending a vice-chancellor on forced leave for 90 days.
Mushtaq Ghani said the cabinet approved three bills related to labourers including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bonded Labour Abolition Bill, KP Prohibition of Employment of Children Bill and Shops and Other Establishments Bill.
He said the cabinet also approved the creation of a joint board for the Sarhad Development Authority (SDA) and Small Industrial Development Board (SIDB) and it would formulate policy and master plan for the merger of the two bodies into a single entity.
The cabinet also decided to name a bridge at Ustarzai Payan village after Lieutenant Wajihullah Khan, who embraced martyrdom during the military operation against militants in Khyber Agency.
The minister asked the federal government to pay the outstanding amount of approximately Rs300 billion to the province on account of its share from the net profit on hydel power generation and National Finance Commission Award so that the money could be utilised on improving security in the province.