PR No. 154 Islamabad: November 27, 2018

Prime Minister Imran Khan today chaired a meeting at Prime Minister’s Office about the issues relating to Islamabad. SAPM Mr. Ali Nawaz Awan, MNA Raja Khurrum Nawaz, Secretary Interior Maj (R) Azam Suleman Khan, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Mr. Amir Ahmed Ali, IG Islamabad Mr. Amir Zulfiqar and other senior officers attended the meeting. Secretary Interior briefed the Prime Minister about various short and mid-term initiatives to transform federal capital into a model city, the progress towards revision of Master Plan of the Capital and the successes made so far in anti-encroachment and drive against land/qabza mafia in the capital. He also briefed the Prime Minister about various initiatives being taken to improve access to service delivery and ensuring responsive governance in the federal capital. The Prime Minister was informed that significant progress has been made towards anti-encroachment drive. Besides retrieval of 75 acres land in Tumair, 114 Kanal at Margalla foot hills, land of Botanical Garden has been recovered and handed over to the Ministry of Climate Change. The Prime Minister was informed that besides clearing the markets from the encroachers, green areas annexed by the houses in various sectors of the capital would also be cleared in the next few days. The Prime Minister was informed that a system of holding Khuli-Kachehris in all four zones of the capital has been started in order to receive and address the complaints of the citizens against land/qabza mafia. It was informed that computerization of land record and Computerized Complaint Management System was being put in place to address illegal land grabbing issues. On improved access to service delivery, it was informed that the number of Facilitation Centers was being increased to five, from the existing one center, to help citizens in accessing government services. Besides, technology was being employed for redressal of the issues and getting the feedback on the service delivery. About the action against drug mafia, especially around the educational institutions, the Prime Minister was informed that so far 117 cases of narcotics have been registered in the last 25 days. It was informed that besides proactive action by ICT Police and ANF, comprehensive plans have been prepared to get the support of the citizens especially the parent of students to curb drugs from the capital. The Secretary also briefed the Prime Minister about various other initiatives including the plans for redoing of major parks of the capital and addressing the issue of water for the residents of the capital. IG Police also briefed the Prime Minister about issues relating to Islamabad Police.

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