Panel formed to convert Governor House into varsity

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Fazal Shakoor told the house that a committee has been constituted to convert Governor House Peshawar into a library, museum or a university.

He was answering to the question of Awami National Party lawmaker Khushdil Khan during a session of K-P Assembly on Friday.

The provincial law minister claimed that a committee comprising Umar Afridi, Naeem Safi and Dr Faisal Khan had been formed to look into the matter, while the panel would present a feasibility report on the matter keeping in view the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

currently, the Governor House Peshawar has been closed to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

While in the session, the house was also informed that the department of Zakat and Usher has constituted 4,352 local Zakat Committees during the last two years and 44 were still pending.