PESHAWAR: The newly-established Area Development Secretariat (ADS) on Wednesday appointed administrative secretaries to 12 designated districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and notified the organisational structure of departments and their attached formations.

The ADS was notified by the federal government on Oct 11 following the imposition of emergency in the province.

According to a notification issued by the ADS,headedbynewly-appointedAdditional Chief Secretary Mohammad Yahya Akhundzada, Adnan Khan Behattani, PAS, BPS-19,hasbeen posted as secretary (security administration and governance), Abdul Nasir Khan, PMS, BPS-19, as secretary (security), Dr Qasim Ali Khan, PMS, BPS19, as secretary (education and social sector), Mohammad Abid Khan Wazir, PAS, BPS-19, as secretary (economic development) and Arifullah Awan, PAS, BPS-19, as secretary (finance and planning and development).On Tuesday, the services of these officers were placed by the KP Human Resource Management Department at the disposal of ADS for further posting.

Through a separate notification, the ADS announced the organisational structure for the designated districts, assigning departments and their attached formations to the respective secretaries.

The notification said that the structure had been established under paragraphs 7(i) and 7(vi) of the Oct 11 proclamation issued by the federal government`s Cabinet Secretariat.

The secretary (administration and governance) will supervise establishment and administration, science and information technology, the Board of Revenue, information, inter-provincial coordination, and the benevolent fund and their attached formations.

The secretary (education and social sector) will oversee elementary and secondary education, higher education, augaf, hajj and religious affairs, zakat and usher, social welfare, health, local government, population welfare, culture, tourism, archaeology and museums.

The secretary (finance and planning and development) will watch over the finance, planning and development, and relief, rehabilitation and settlement departments and their attached formations.

The secretary (economic development)will be responsible for communication and works, public health engineering, mines and minerals, housing, industries, labour, transport, agriculture, irrigation, environment, forests, wildlife and climate change, energy and power, food, fisheries and livestock, while the secretary (security) will oversee the home and law departments, excise, taxation and narcotics control, and sports and youth affairs.

The 12 designated districts include Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Tank, Lakki Marwat, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan and South Waziristan, including its Upper and Lower districts.

On Oct 17, the Area Representative and Development Council was set up with former governor Shaukatullah Khan as chairman and Malik Khan Marjan as vice-chairman.

The council comprising 48 members from the designated districts has been tasked with restoring law and order, protecting citizens, promoting good governance and ensuring sustainable development through localparticipation.

On Oct 14, the KP police also transferred Abbas Ahsan, PSP, BPS-21, from his position as AIG headquarters at the Central Police Office and posted him as additional inspector general of police for the designated districts in pursuance of the federal government`s Oct 11 order.