The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa caretaker provincial government plans to send 500,000 qualified workers abroad by emphasizing on technical education. This is being done as part of the ‘Prosperous Pakhtunkhwa Program,’ which entails a number of activities aimed at improving the well-being and prosperity of people across the province.

This was said by K-P Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (retd) Syed Arshad Hussain Shah on Wednesday. He said the current government was doing all possible to implement beneficial reforms in all sectors in order to benefit the people.

The chief minister made a visit to the Peshawar Press Club, where he launched a Rs6.4 million solar system of 25 KV.

The newly installed solar system will save up to Rs 2 million annually in electricity bills. K-P Caretaker Provincial Minister for Information Barrister Feroz Jamal Shah Kakakhel, Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Information Secretary Abdul Jabbar Shah and Information & PRs Director General Muhammad Imran were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the solar system, the chief minister said that the province had to improve its governance system keeping in view the principles and requirements of public service delivery so as to effectively resolve the issues being faced by the general public at their door steps.

He said that the caretaker K-P government has already initiated a thorough campaign against all public-related concerns such as drugs, street crime, adulteration, hoarding, self-imposed price rises, vehicular traffic problems, encroachments, and revenue-related issues.

However, he said the K-P government would require the media’s cooperation and guidance in the fight against the drug menace, adding that drug peddlers had emerged as the most dangerous enemies of our younger generation, having made educational institutions their strongholds for that nefarious purpose. As a result, he stated, the fight against them would require the collaboration of all segments of society, including journalists.

Concerning other reform initiatives, the chief minister said that training programs for farmers would be organized through the agriculture and livestock departments in order to increase production, and that the provincial government had provided public service delivery programs to all ministries and departments, the benefits of which would be felt by the people soon.