ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister has formed a 10-member committee to provide policy guidelines for improving governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the imposition of Governor’s Rule in the province, ARY News reported.
The committee includes Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar.
Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Amir Muqam and Tariq Fazal Chaudhry are also part of the committee, along with Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.
According to sources, the committee will also include one representative each from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP).
The committee will provide policy guidelines aimed at improving governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The committee’s first meeting was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.
The meeting reviewed measures taken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the imposition of Governor’s Rule.
Earlier, an 11-member advisory council for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was announced, with Dr Syed Amir Abdullah, Tariq Mahmood Pasha and Lieutenant General (retd) Nigar Johar Khan among its members.
The council also includes Usman Saifullah Khan, Amir Javed, Samar Haroon Bilour, Dr Muhammad Irshad, Maulana Muhammad Tayyab Qureshi, Kifayatullah Khan, Asif Rafiq Afridi and Dr Sarfaraz Ali Shah.
The announcement comes amid the federal government’s decision to impose Governor’s Rule and an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to address the law and order situation.
President Asif Ali Zardari signed the summary for the imposition of an emergency and Governor’s Rule in the province under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.