Islamabad, January 06, 2023 (PPI-OT):The National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) met today at 10:30 a.m. in Committee Room No. 7, Parliament House, and Islamabad under the Chairmanship of Mr. Muhammad Jamal ud Din, MNA.
The Committee discussed the issue of FATA House Islamabad briefly and recommended to the Ministry of Interior to vacate the FATA House, Islamabad and handover the possession of the said House to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as it is the property of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government after FATA merger and submit back report to the committee accordingly.
The Committee discussed the agenda regarding non-inclusion students from Deeni Madaaris as well as students from Erstwhile FATA into Prime Minister’s Laptop scheme in detail. In this regard the Chairman HEC informed while briefing that 9500 laptops given to the FATA students under the Laptop scheme.
He further said that Deeni Madaaris do not come under the policy and the HEC only award laptops to the University students. After briefing, the Committee recommended to the Chairman HEC to sit together with the Management of Wafaq-ul-Madaaris to amend the existing policy and also include the Deeni Madaaris students in the said laptop scheme.
The Committee recommended that the DEO Tribal District South Waziristan would be invited in the next meeting for briefing explaining the reasons of not submitting the feasibility report and PC-Is of establishment 39 primary schools (boys and Girls) under ADP No. 389/210339 in South Waziristan while the DEO South Waziristan given the assurance in the previous meeting of the Committee that the PC-Is of the said schools of South Waziristan would be submitted to the Education Department, Government of KP as soon as possible.
The Committee further recommended to the District Education Officers (F/M) of Tribal District South Waziristan to submit the PC-Is of the above mentioned schools within one week to Elementary and Secondary Education Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar and submit back report to the Committee accordingly.
The Committee was also briefed by the Secretary Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC), Islamabad on the increase of medical/dental seats in medical/dental colleges across the country for FATA students in view of the Cabinet Decision made in its meeting held on 2nd March, 2017.
The Secretary PMC informed the Committee that the seats have been increased only for session 2022-23. The Committee appreciated the PMC on quick response in allocating the additional seats, however the Committee recommended to the Pakistan Medical Commission to issue one-time notification for doubling of seats in medical/dental colleges across the Country by 2028, so as to resolve the issue once for all.
The committee further recommended that Health Secretaries of the provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir would be invited in the next meeting in order to resolve the medical/dental seats for FATA students across the country forever.
The Committee was also briefed by the Executive Director, Urban Policy and Planning Unite, P and D Dept; KP on the Master Plan for Wana Urban center of Lower Waziristan and Miranshah/ Mir Ali urban centers of North Waziristan has already been completed, however the Master Plan for the urban center of Upper Waziristan Tribal District shall be developed phase-II of the project which shall be initiated before June 2023. The Committee recommended that headquarter of Upper Waziristan Tribal District may be established at Tehsil Ladha Waziristan as Ladha is the most feasible location than the spinkai raghzi.
The meeting was attended by MNAs: Mr. Muhammad Afzal Khokhar, Chaudary Muhammad Ashraf, Mr. Naveed Ameer Jeeva, Mr. Afreen Khan, Ms. Nasiba Channa, and Mr. Mohsin Dawar, MNA/Mover and Officers/Officials of the Ministry and its attached Departments.
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