The first meeting of the newly formed provincial cabinet was held here at Civil Secretariat Peshawar on Friday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair. Besides the cabinet members, Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretaries and Administrative Secretaries of the provincial departments attended the meeting.
The chief minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur formally welcomed the cabinet members and said that an excellent cabinet team consisting of both experienced and fresh members has been formed. “In the prevailing tough situation, we have got a huge responsibility; that’s why we have to work as a team to discharge it effectively”٫ He remarked and made it clear that henceforth, all decisions will be made purely on merit and no one will be allowed to go against merit in the new system. Sustainable development of the province and wellbeing of the people will be our top priority, and for this purpose, everyone has to perform and deliver according to public expectations.
Addressing a press conference after cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister highlighted the priorities of his government and said that maintaining law and order and providing immediate relief to people would be the top most priority of incumbent provincial government.
He made it clear that since the PTI elected government at centre was overthrown through conspiracy, the economic conditions of the country began to deteriorate with each passing day resulting in severe financial crunches, today we are faced with.
Keeping in view the prevailing economic situation and its adverse impacts on the life of general public, providing relief to the people alongside improving law and order situation in the province will be the first priority of provincial government, he said and added that as a first relief step in this regard, the provincial cabinet has formally decided to fully restore Sehat Card Plus scheme from the first of Ramadan this year.
He maintained that as another important relief step, the cabinet has approved relief package for needy people during the holy month of Ramadan, under which 8,50000 households already listed in Ehsas and BISP, would be provided with Rs. 10,000 per household with a cost of Rs. 8.5 billion. Besides 1,15000 additional households who were not listed in aforementioned programs for any reason, would also be provided with Rs. 10,000 per household.
