ABBOTTABAD: The Right to Service Commission of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organised an awareness seminar for councillors at Jalal Baba Auditorium here on Thursday.

The seminar was attended by more than 100 district and tehsil councillors, government officials, journalists and civil society activists.

RTS chief commissioner Azmat Hanif Orakzai informed participantsabout the RTS law, especially its use for resolution of the people`s problems.

He said the RTS law was one of the noted and successful initiatives of the provincial government as part of its reforms agenda forgoodgovernance.

District nazim Sardar Sher Bahadur appreciated the government`s initiatives for good governance in the province.

He however complained some civil servants created hurdles to the smooth execution of the government`s plans and policies.

Deputy commissionerAurangzeb Haider Khan asked the government officials to ensure effective implementation of the RTS law.

Tehsil nazim Ishaque Sulemani said he was hopeful that the RTS law would benefit councillors and thus, helping them serve the people at grassroots level.

The chief commissioner later responded to questions of participants and said the recommendations made by councillors would be communicated to the chief minister and chief secretary for consideration.