ANP gave identity to Pakhtuns

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Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti on Saturday said the Awami National Party (ANP) gave identity to the Pakhtuns by renaming the province as Khyber Pakh-tunkhwa. “The ANP-led government ushered a new era of development in the province,” he told party workers in Anwar Khan Killay in Takht Bhai tehsil in Mardan district. He said the ANP had made unprecedented sacrifices for bringing peace to the province and curbing the menace of terrorism. He said peace was a prerequisite for development. Hoti said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the security forces with the cooperation of the masses defeated the militants. He said the ANP leadership honoured all the pledges made to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and undertaken record uplift work in the province. The chief minister said that every part of the province was being paid equal attention in terms of progress and development. He added nine universities were set up during the past 60 years in the province but the ANP-led government established nine universities in four years only. Hoti said the budget of the province increased by 80 percent over the last three years and the goal of provincial autonomy was achieved. He said that loadshedding will be over in the province soon as new small and medium size hydel-power generating dams were being built in the province. On the occasion, he announced construction of several roads in the area and handed over keys of the fire-brigade vehicle to the officials of the Tehsil Municipal Administration Takhtbhai. Earlier, the CM reached the venue in a helicopter and attended a reception of Zafar Khan.