No objection if KBD doesn’t submerge KP cities: Khattak

LAHORE – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak said, “I have no objection over the construction of Kalabagh Dam unless experts convince me that the proposed dam will not submerge two cities of KP.” Khattak expressed these views while addressing a news conference here on Sunday. He said that result-oriented talks with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan could be made possible only with the inclusion of local tribes in the dialogue process. He claimed that real change has taken place in KP as the PTI-led government has transformed its election promises into reality. Khattak said that the police reforms in KP are an example, as the IG Police could make the chief minister accountable. He said that the KP government would soon introduce Ehtisab Bill, which would be different to that of NAB as it would not be influenced by the chief executive. On the occasion, KP Education Minister Atif Khan said the PTI believed that education was the only way out and the KP government would establish 28,000 schools under Tamer-e-School Programme. Health and IT Minister Shahram Tarakai said that the PTI-led government introduced revolutionary health reforms under Sehat Ka Insaf Programme, which has made Peshawar a polio-free zone in the first phase of the drive.