Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet on Tuesday provided its approval to several proposed changes in the KP Local Government Act, 2019, according to news sources. According to details, the revisions will enable tehsil councils across the province to approve private residential schemes.
The decision was made in the cabinet’s meeting, held under the chair of Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan. Following this, in a press briefing, Government of KP Spokesperson Ajmal Wazir said that the cabinet has approved the amended draft of the KP Local Government Act, 2019, to regulate and encourage site developers and private investment parties.
The newly amended law also enables the tehsil municipal administration to ‘oversee, supervise and exercise regulatory control’ over the establishment of any private housing scheme development.
Ajmal expressed hope that the amended law will attract investors to the province with the newly-simplified investing procedure. He also opined that the law will regulate the provincial construction sector. However, he also highlighted that the chief minister has directed the relevant departments to devise a strategy to prevent agricultural land from being converted into residential colonies.
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