Governor meets Fata education, health officials

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtun-khwa Governor Engineer Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that promotion of education and uplift of health sector in Fata was a priority of the incumbent government.

“Steps are being taken for development of health sector, provision of modern health and education facilities to people of Fata,” the governor said while presiding over a meeting of Fata Secretariat authorities at the Governor’s House on Friday.

He said the government was fully committed and steps are being taken for the maintenance of lasting peace and successful repatriation and rehabilitation of displaced families to their native areas.

A detailed briefing was also given to the governor by the officials of education and health departments of Fata. Additional Chief Secretary Fata Mohammad Aslam Kamboh, his principal secretary Sikandar Qayyum, secretary social sector department Fata, and other relevant officials from health and education departments attended the meeting. The governor said the vacancies in healthcare institutions and schools should be filled without delay on the basis of merit and asked tribesmen to avail the modern educational facilities.