Peshawar, October 17, 2026 (Ghufran): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has prepared a comprehensive action plan featuring 206 measures across 27 departments to promote political and economic stability, improve governance, strengthen public services and accelerate development across the province, including the merged districts. According to sources, the proposed 100-to-180-day strategic plan focuses on law and order, administrative reforms, infrastructure development, healthcare, education, youth empowerment and economic growth. Under the plan, approximately 1,150 major roads would be repaired, covers installed on 8,000 open manholes, sanitation improved at 4,000 locations and nearly 150 blocked drainage channels cleared. The initiative also proposes restoring 80 parks, beautifying markets and public buildings, installing solar-powered streetlights along major roads, improving traffic management at 20 busy intersections in Peshawar and completing unfinished sections of the Ring Road. Renovation of the Grand Trunk Road, improvements to a bypass in Bannu and restoration of non-functional water supply schemes are also included. In the healthcare sector, the plan proposes round-the-clock services at 250 facilities, vaccination services at basic health units and ensuring the availability of at least 80 per cent of essential medicines. Digital monitoring of the attendance of doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff is also envisaged. For education, the government plans to improve 1,500 schools and provide furniture to address shortages affecting approximately 700,000 students.
The proposals also include transferring underperforming schools to the private sector and reopening damaged or non-functional schools in the merged districts. Rescue 1122 services would be expanded in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while sports facilities and grounds would also be improved. Youth-focused initiatives include interest-free loans, vocational training, employment-oriented skills development, youth centres in government buildings, sports competitions and financial support for entrepreneurship and university research projects. In the energy sector, concessional financial assistance is proposed for 65,000 households, particularly widows and disadvantaged groups, to help them install domestic solar systems. The mining sector measures include medical examinations and technical training for miners, digitisation of mining records and the establishment of emergency response centres for mining accidents in Kohat, Abbottabad and Buner. According to sources, proposed names for the initiative include Mustahkam Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 180-Day Strategic Action Plan. The proposed measures aim to improve public facilities, strengthen government performance and deliver better services to citizens across the province.