{"id":3881,"date":"2026-11-05T16:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2026-11-05T16:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:04:57","slug":"probe-launched-into-pti-era-development-projects-in-kp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3881","title":{"rendered":"Probe launched into PTI-era development projects in KP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An investigation has been launched into development projects initiated during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a focus on unapproved schemes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to sources, 1,224 development schemes, with a combined estimated cost of Rs1,348 billion, were added to the provincial portfolio during the PTI government, for which Rs107 billion was allocated in the budget.<\/p>\n

It has been decided that schemes which have not been approved by relevant forums would be scrapped, the sources said, adding that many projects belonged to the constituencies of Sohail Afridi and Babar Saleem.<\/p>\n

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Adviser Samar Haroon Bilour said all development schemes planned during the PTI government were being reviewed.<\/p>\n

She said decisions would be made on merit, on a case-by-case basis, and no political influence will be taken into consideration in this regard.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the sources said irregularities have been detected in the purchase of stationery worth Rs80 million by the provincial health department.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Corruption Establishment has taken notice of purchases amounting to Rs79.9 million and issued a notice to the director general of health services.<\/p>\n

According to an audit report, the stationery was purchased without budgetary allocation or approval from the concerned committee, while millions of rupees were paid to a favoured company.<\/p>\n

The purchased items were neither physically verified nor entered into the stock register, the report said.<\/p>\n

The anti-corruption body has directed the director general to provide the complete procurement record within seven days, warning that further legal action would follow if the response was unsatisfactory.<\/p>\n

In a separate case, alleged irregularities have also surfaced in the repair of official vehicles in the health department.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that Rs45 million was spent on repairing 12 vehicles over a period of just three months.<\/p>\n

According to documents, Rs4.7 million was spent on repairing a vehicle valued at Rs3.9 million.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Corruption Establishment said the repair expenses had not been recorded in the vehicles\u2019 logbooks or history sheets.<\/p>\n

It has sought all relevant records from the health department and directed it to submit the documents within 15 days, warning of further action in case of non-compliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An investigation has been launched into development projects initiated during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a focus on unapproved schemes. According to sources, 1,224 development schemes, with a combined estimated cost of Rs1,348 billion, were added to the provincial portfolio during the PTI government, for which Rs107 billion was allocated in the budget. It has been decided that schemes which have not been approved by relevant forums would be scrapped, the sources said, adding that many projects belonged to the constituencies of Sohail Afridi and Babar…<\/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-3881","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\/3881","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=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}