PESHAWAR:
In an effort to boost the tourism sector, which has been severely affected by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the provincial chief executive has ordered to accelerate efforts to open the newly created provincial tourism authority.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan issued these orders while presiding over the 22nd board meeting of Tourism Corporation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (TCK-P).
CM Mahmood ordered to immediately finalize the procedures for opening the newly created KP Cultural Tourism Authority.
The Prime Minister also ordered measures to liquidate TCK-P and hand over its assets and liabilities to the culture and tourism authority. TCK-P employees will be absorbed into the authority, he added.
The prime minister termed tourism as an important economic sector and said its promotion is his government’s top priority.
The meeting was briefed on the progress made so far in the liquidation of the TCK-P after the establishment of the Culture and Tourism Authority as provided in the KP Culture and Tourism Law of 2019.
The meeting decided to constitute a committee headed by KP Additional Chief Secretary Shakil Qadir to simplify and expedite all legal, administrative and financial matters regarding liquidation of TCK-P in the prescribed manner.
The committee would draft and submit its recommendations to the competent forum within a week. Other members of the committee would be finance secretary, law secretary, tourism secretary and establishment secretary.
KP Chief Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz, Additional Chief Secretary Shakil Qadir, Finance Secretary Atif Rehman, Tourism Secretary Khushal Khan and TCK-P Director General Junaid Khan board members from the private sector and other relevant officials attended the meeting.
Published in The Express PAkGazette, June 28th2020.
