PM Imran to visit South Waziristan on Wednesday

Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay on official visit to South Waziristan on Wednesday.

According to the details, Imran Khan during his visit, will be accompanied by Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtun khawa Mahmood Khan and Governor of KP Shah Farman.

According to the sources, Imran Khan will participate in a ceremony being organized under Kamyab Jawan program. Imran Khan will distribute cheques during the ceremony.

Moreover, the Prime Minister will hold important meetings during his visit in which he will be briefed about the development projects in South Waziristan.

The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar on Januaray 11 launched Ehsaas National Socio-economic Registry survey in South Waziristan to benefit locals by registering them under its multiple initiatives.

During her visit to Tank and South Waziristan, the SAPM also met with four tribal Jirgas and sensitized their elders and influential about the purpose of the ongoing survey, said a news release received here. Addressing the Jirgas, she appealed them to facilitate survey teams in door-to-door collection of household data.

She thanked the local teachers for doing a commendable job in executing survey enumerations. She said with the support of local teachers under the technical handholding of Ehsaas, the survey would be completed in those areas at earliest.

She maintained that the survey approach was being accelerated across the southern tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the main priority goals of Ehsaas were to help the vulnerable and uplift the under-developed districts. She informed that 65 per cent survey in Tank district had already been completed.