PM announces Daanish schools among other initiatives for KP

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the federal government would set up Daanish schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The premiere expressed these views during a meeting with lawmakers from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

Assuring the provision of standard health and education facilities in the merged districts, the prime minister said the government would establish Daanish Schools in the area to provide international standard quality education to the local students.

The prime minister also emphasized the need to stop electricity theft, promote solar energy, and provide relief to the poor and middle class.

He said the government was in the midst of converting traditional agricultural tub wells to solar energy across the country that would help development of the agriculture sector, increase the cultivation land and save billions of dollars in term of imported fuel.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Eng. Ameer Muqam, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi, and other high-ranking officials.