{"id":2532,"date":"2026-10-12T09:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:03:45","slug":"kundi-sets-out-security-development-priorities-for-kp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2532","title":{"rendered":"Kundi sets out security, development priorities for KP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has prioritised strengthening the police and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), restoring the writ of the state and ensuring equal development opportunities for underdeveloped districts as part of efforts to tackle terrorism and bring lasting peace to the province.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He outlined these priorities on Sunday while addressing a meeting of the Advisory Council at the Governor\u2019s House, where he stressed that the state must take action against not only terrorists but also their facilitators, financial networks, recruitment channels and other support systems.<\/p>\n

Kundi said the protection of citizens would remain his foremost priority, pledging to enhance the capacity of the police and CTD and ensure that personnel confronting terrorists received full state support.<\/p>\n

He also promised assistance for the families of police personnel killed in the line of duty and called for strengthening the state\u2019s administrative writ in conflict-affected districts.<\/p>\n

The governor said the province faced serious challenges and that all matters would be handled responsibly and in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

He also made it clear that corruption would not be tolerated under any circumstances.<\/p>\n

Paying tribute to the sacrifices of police personnel, armed forces, Levies, civil servants, religious scholars, teachers, traders and ordinary citizens in the fight against terrorism, Kundi said the people of the province had paid a heavy price for the violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time has come to give Khyber Pakhtunkhwa its right to peace,\u201d he said, adding that Pakhtuns were not the cause of terrorism but its biggest victims.<\/p>\n

He said the government would prioritise development in underdeveloped districts that had suffered from terrorism, displacement and prolonged deprivation, ensuring equal opportunities in education, healthcare, employment, roads, electricity, water supply and other public services.<\/p>\n

Kundi also pledged to make the administration more accountable and empower citizens, while ensuring effective implementation of the National Action Plan and other counter-terrorism measures.<\/p>\n

He said protecting young people\u2019s futures from the effects of terrorism would remain a key concern.<\/p>\n

Addressing the rationale behind the extraordinary administrative measures taken in the province, the governor said they were intended to restore peace, security, stability and development rather than score political points.<\/p>\n

He maintained that the measures were not directed against any political party, individual or segment of society, but aimed to strengthen state institutions, enforce the rule of law and eliminate terrorism while fully respecting citizens\u2019 constitutional and legal rights.<\/p>\n

Kundi made these remarks while chairing the first meeting of the Advisory Council, attended by Chief Secretary Dr Fakhar-e-Alam Irfan, Inspector General of Police Zulfiqar Hameed and council members, including Lt Gen (retd) Nigar Johar, Tariq Mehmood Pasha, Usman Saifullah Khan, Advocate Amir Javed, Dr Muhammad Irshad, Kifayatullah Khan, Dr Syed Amir Abdullah, Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, Dr Sarfraz Ali Shah and Asif Rafiq.<\/p>\n

The IGP briefed the meeting on the province\u2019s law and order situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has prioritised strengthening the police and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), restoring the writ of the state and ensuring equal development opportunities for underdeveloped districts as part of efforts to tackle terrorism and bring lasting peace to the province. He outlined these priorities on Sunday while addressing a meeting of the Advisory Council at the Governor\u2019s House, where he stressed that the state must take action against not only terrorists but also their facilitators, financial networks, recruitment channels and other support systems. Kundi said the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532","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=2532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}