PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said on Sunday that his government had decided to strengthen the donors coordination cell (DCC) established at the CM Secretariat, Peshawar, to put the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the path of progress and prosperity.

The cell is mandated to simplify investment procedures under one-window operation system, he added.

`We are removing all bureaucratic bottlenecks in our investment and development policies so that the genuine international donor agencies are able to work freely for the development of the province,` the chief minister said while talking to mediapersons at his Nowshera residence.

Focal person of the DCC and Chief Minister`s Complaint Cell chairman Dilroz Khan, his principal secretary Mohammad Ashfaq Khan and advisor on excise and taxation Mian Jamsheduddin were also present on the occasion, according to a handout issued in Peshawar.

Mr Khattak said that the provincial government had set targets in various departments, including education, health, industry, women empowerment, hydropower generation, sanitation, supply of drinking water and environment. He claimed that the government`s strategy would start yielding results in the near future.

He said that various development projects would be completed through the judicious use of donors` funds. However, he added that no conditions contrary to interests of the people and province would be accepted.

`A comprehensive plan has been devised for transparent and judicious use of donors` funds to benefit masses,` said the chief minister.

He said that donor agencies would now straightaway contact the DCC at the CM Secretariat for executing projects in any sector instead of looking for the departments concerned.

He said that competent officials would be sent abroad to get training for carrying out development projects in the province.

`Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has suffered a lot due to militancy and natural disasters. Our industry is on the verge of collapse.

We have taken it as a challenge to revive sick industrial units by making investment in power generation, coal and gas sectors,` Mr Khattak said. The CM said that he had banned unnecessary foreign tours of government officials to curtail government expenditures.