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Imran inaugurate­s shelter home in Peshawar city

PM thanks people of Khyber Pakhtunkhw­a for re-electing his party in 2018 elections

- BY TARIQ BUTT

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday inaugurate­d a shelter home for the homeless in Peshawar during his one-day visit to the Khyber Pakhtunkhw­a (KP) capital.

He will inaugurate three more shelter homes that have been built by the KP government as part of its 100-day plan. The homes will have the capacity to accommodat­e more than 400 people.

Imran said that the people of KP don’t give second chances but they gave it to Pakistan Tehrik-e-insaf (PTI) by reelecting it in general elections 2018.

Speaking at a ceremony held in Nishtar Hall in connection with the completion of the KP government’s 100-day in ofice, the prime minister thanked the people of KP for re-electing his party this year and said that the PTI had not employed any “traditiona­l, political tactics” to win the polls.

He said people gave the PTI government a second chance for not adopting traditiona­l politics of spending billions in developmen­t funds.

“I like (KP CM) Mehmood Khan because he is an honest and simple man. I trust his honesty,” he remarked while talking about performanc­e of the provincial government. “No matter how intelligen­t a man is, if he isn’t honest or simple, he is of no use,” he added.

Last month, Imran also laid the foundation stone of a shelter home for the homeless in Lahore.

Free food is provided to the poor homeless people in these centres. Their establishm­ent has been widely welcomed by the people. They are being managed by the respective provincial government­s.

The prime minister also attended a special meeting of the KP cabinet. He was briefed on the KP’S 100-day performanc­e.

The KP government identiied 25 initiative­s to pursue during the next ive years under the premier’s directions.

In health sector, it has planned to recruit additional 4,000 LHWS (lady health workers) to ensure coverage of all rural areas in addition to rolling out a rural ambulance service to transport mothers and children to health facilities. The government will also ensure that 80 per cent of expectant mothers give birth in health facilities.

In agricultur­al sector, the government plans to introduce a functional It-based market intelligen­ce system to increase farmers proit by 15-20 per cent along with reclaiming 5,500 hectares of cultivatab­le wastelands.

 ?? Reuters ?? A man carries fodder as he walks along a road in Peshawar on Friday.
Reuters A man carries fodder as he walks along a road in Peshawar on Friday.

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