PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has finalised the draft of the Local Government Bill and decided to present it before the provincial cabinet on April 16.The nod was given during a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, said an official handout.Others, who attended the meeting, included special assistant to the prime minister, Shehzad Arbab, KP Minister for Finance, Taimur Saleem Jhagra, the adviser to the chief minister, Ziaullah Bangash, Chief Secretary Saleem Khan, Additional Chief Secretary, Shehzad Bangash, Local Government Secretary, Zahid Ali Shah and others.The participants of the meeting were briefed on the draft-Local Government Bill. The contents of the proposed legislation were discussed threadbare section-wise.The special focus was the functions and responsibilities of the city nazim, tehsil nazim, tehsil council and the procedure for the budget approval. These were finally approved.The chief minister directed the relevant officials to complete all the requirements related to the proposed bill and put up the document to the provincial cabinet on April 16 for approval. Mahmood Khan said the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government introduced Local Government system by devolving powers at the grassroots level for the welfare of the masses. “The proposed bill is a bid to make the system more effective,” he argued. The chief minister said the draft-bill would be presented in the KP Assembly after approved by the provincial cabinet.SNGPL removes 730 illegal connections in KP: The task force of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has disconnected 730 illegal connections in Karak and other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The SNGPL has constituted special task force against gas pilferage in various districts, including Peshawar, Charsadda, Kohat, Karak, Hangu, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank and Dera Ismail Khan.The federal minister for petroleum, secretary petroleum and managing director, SNGPL are monitoring the progress of these activities against gas pilferage across the province.“During operations in Karak and Kohat, three plaster factories and six commercial gas connections of power generating units and hotels have been disconnected in Banda Daud Shah and Zanaka areas. Cases have also been lodged in this regard,” SNGPL General Manager Saqib Arbab said. He added that the police arrested the accused, including Shakeel, Naqeebullah and Khurshid Khattak.The official said the company disconnected 6,150 feet illegal gas pipeline and 730 illegal gas connections in Karak.Several raids have been conducted in various parts of Karak and Kohat districts, including Banda Daud Shah, Lachi, Zanaka, Tarkha Koi and Jehangiri where 1,150 illegal gas connections taken from main lines were disconnected.The official said raids were conducted in other parts of the province like Peshawar, Charsadda and Bannu, where 12 illegal commercial gas connections of power generation units, hotels and tandoors have been disconnected. During raids in various areas of Peshawar like Bazidkhel, Ahmadkhel, Marozai on Kohat Road, Regi, Palosai, Tehkal, Molazai, Urmar, Phandu, Surezai, areas on the Charsadda Road, the company disconnected 3,850 feet illegal gas pipeline, 311 illegal gas connections, 151 tampered gas meters and 31 fake meters.In seven cases, FIRs were lodged against gas pilferers while 31 other applications were submitted for lodging cases and arresting the culprits.
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