{"id":18440,"date":"2025-09-06T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18440"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:04:37","slug":"k-p-cabinet-approves-rs1-247b-grant-for-bajaur-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18440","title":{"rendered":"K-P cabinet approves Rs1.247b grant for Bajaur flood victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has sanctioned Rs1.247 billion in relief for families displaced by flooding in Bajaur, as part of a broader set of measures aimed at enhancing governance, public services, and infrastructure across the province.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as part of a broader package of development and welfare decisions taken at the province\u2019s 38th cabinet meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur.<\/p>\n<p>In the session, the cabinet approved a new communications strategy for the government, and sanctioned reconstruction of Pak Sadd Shaheed Police Lines, as well new police stations and posts in Peshawar. Land for a police station in Akbarpura, Nowshera, was also greenlit.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet upgraded Swabi\u2019s sub-jail to a district jail and approved staff and prisoner transfers. Oghi Hospital in Mansehra received approval to be upgraded to Category\u2011D, while cultural grants were allocated for festivals of the Kalash and Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed communities.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read:\u00a0US sends humanitarian relief to Pakistan\u2019s flood-hit areas<\/p>\n<p>Further decisions included the acquisition of 50 additional buses for the BRT fleet and establishing the country\u2019s largest safari park in Nowshera. The Forest Department was granted 14,718 acres in Tank\u2019s Banda Piru for reforestation. Historic Chashma Rest House in Dera Ismail Khan will now fall under the Archaeology Department\u2019s charge, and a K-P Arts and Crafts display centre will open in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Financial reforms included increasing net hydropower revenue shares for dam-affected districts from 10% to 15%, amendments to healthcare and women\u2019s commission rules, and revisions to the Stamp Act of 1899.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet increased the province\u2019s minimum monthly wage from Rs36,000 to Rs40,000. Funding was also sanctioned for the construction of a NADRA office in Dera Ismail Khan, a Rs6 million grant for a kidney transplant, and K-P\u2019s participation in the Islamabad National Youth Games 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Rs100 million worth of rations were allocated for earthquake victims in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>A briefing on wheat and grain supplies painted a reassuring outlook, though officials committed to ongoing procurement if needed. The meeting concluded with prayers for the deceased from floods and the Afghan quake, and for the swift recovery of the injured.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has sanctioned Rs1.247 billion in relief for families displaced by flooding in Bajaur, as part of a broader set of measures aimed at enhancing governance, public services, and infrastructure across the province. The move comes as part of a broader package of development and welfare decisions taken at the province\u2019s 38th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}