Year 2023: What happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

Peshawar: This year, the Tehreek-e-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ended due to the dissolution of the Assembly, while two caretaker governments were established. 23 soldiers were martyred while 27 terrorists were killed in the operation against terrorists in Darazandah.

During the year 2023, in the month of January, the Chief Minister of the province Mahmood Khan terminated his government by dissolving the Provincial Assembly on the instructions of (then) PTI Chairman Imran Khan, after which Azam Khan was made the Caretaker Chief Minister of the province. In the constitutional crisis that arose in the province after his death, the Governor made Justice (Rtd) Siddarshad Hussain Shah the Caretaker Chief Minister of the province in consultation with former Chief Minister Mehmood Khan and opposition leader Akram Durrani.

Meanwhile, apart from the formation of the cabinet for Azam Khan and Arshad Hussain Shah, the entire caretaker cabinet was dismissed by resigning in the month of August. picked up.

In the month of January, there was a suicide blast in Police Lines Peshawar in which 100 people were martyred and around 150 were injured. In the meeting chaired by the Caretaker Chief Minister in the month of February, it was said that 56000 police and 1500 FC personnel are needed for holding general elections.

Efforts to get financial resources from the center continued during the two caretaker governments, but the province did not get the resources. The caretaker provincial government presented two four-month budgets from June to September and October to February. In the October to February budget, the province faced a deficit of 79 billion.

The caretaker provincial government spent more than 20 billion rupees on the distribution of free flour to 168,000 families during the month of Ramadan. She was also appointed as the first woman judge of the court.

The caretaker government has terminated the salaries of 1109 social media influencers recruited during the PTI era and stopped their salaries, which were being paid at the rate of Rs 25,000 per person per month. Meanwhile, there was a rebellion within PML-N in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two former governors entered the fray, one of whom was later persuaded by Captain Safdar.

Former IG and caretaker provincial minister Syed Masood Shah presided over the caretaker cabinet meeting twice during Azam Khan’s tenure, 5 people died and 7 were injured when debris fell on containers in Torkham due to rains and landslides. 12 people were killed and 53 injured in explosions in Swat CTD police station.

In response to the arrest of PTI’s former chairman Imran Khan, on May 9, there was a nationwide fire, the building of Radio Pakistan in Peshawar, the Swat Motorway Toll Plaza were set ablaze, the matriculation exams were postponed, while 7 people were killed and 188 injured.

Tehreek-e-Insaaf was under strict scrutiny due to which many of its leaders remained in hiding, during which time arrests were also made and the series of appearances in their courts continued. Former Chief Ministers Pervezakhtak and Mahmood Khan parted ways with Imran Khan and formed Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians.

This year marks the completion of five years since the merger of FATA and PATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On July 11, former Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited Peshawar and distributed laptops among students. .

The provincial manifesto for the general elections was announced by ANP, in Tehsil Mathura by-election, PTI won the seat won by JUI and got the post of chairman.

Additional Commissioner Kohat, Deputy Secretary Awqaf was arrested and handed over to NAB on remand for misuse of powers, which was strongly reacted by the Provincial Management Service.

During the same year, a measles epidemic broke out in Chitral Bala, which the Prime Minister immediately took notice of, 80,000 vacant posts in government departments were cleared for three years, a project was prepared to generate 2200 MW of cheap electricity in Paduka in 8 years.

The series of tensions continued on the Torkham border due to which the border was closed, a surplus tax-free budget of 5.14 billion was presented to the Metropolitan Peshawar, the historical Darul Uloom Haqqania Akora Khattak fell victim to the financial crisis and owed crores of rupees.

In the new constituencies, 6 seats of the merged districts from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were reduced, while changing the provincial assembly constituencies, Peshawar and Hungoku were deprived of one seat each.

MD CAT for admissions in medical and dental colleges was canceled and a major scandal was exposed which led to the re-taking of the test, Afghan refugees and other immigrants living illegally in Pakistan were evacuated from Pakistan and millions of refugees were repatriated. went back.

The Caretaker Cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa approved the inclusion of Khatm Nabubat Oath in marriage registration, while the two-year associate degree program was abolished in all colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar Haq Kakar made his first visit to the province on October 13 and announced the formation of a committee to pay financial dues in Peshawar.

The caretaker provincial government has launched an online government business communication web portal and e-governance for the promotion of commercial activities in the province, which has been launched with four departments of finance, higher education, sports and IT. Also decided to take action against the heads and teachers of 1469 government schools.