FATA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Following members attended the Meeting:

1.     Mr. Attaullah Khan
        Chairman BOD.
2.    Mr. Zubair Asghar Qureshi
        Addl. Secretary (P&D), FATA Secretariat, Peshawar.
3.    Mr. Nauman Wazir
        Director
4.    Mr. Akbar Khan Mohmand
        Director
5.    Mrs. Lubna Farooq
        Director
6.    Muhammad Sulaiman Khan
        Section Officer (B&A) FATA Secretariat
7.    Muhammad Nasir
        Secretary, BODs FATA-DA.

15th Meeting of the Board of Directors FATA DA, was held on 11th February, 2010. Following members attended the meeting:

Agenda items discussed are as follows:

Sr.No	Agenda Items
1	Appointment of Field Officers in Project Management Unit (PMU) of Skills Development FATA-DA.
2	03 years increase in Pay-Slab in Public Sector and the corresponding increase in FATA-DA Salary Package.
3	Draft “FATA-Development Authority Employees (Conduct) Rules, 2009” – Approval Thereof.
4	Mid Year Review of FATA-DA ADP 2009-10.
5	Provision of Solar Energy to villages in FATA (Bajaur Agency, Orakzai Agency and Khyber Agency) ADP No.13 (2009-10).
6	Exploration & Resource Estimation for Coal in Shirani Area, F.R. D.I. Khan, FATA (Revised).
7	Appointment of two Agency Coordination Officers (Equivalent to BPS-17).
8	Approval of Revised Budgets Estimates for the Current Financial Year 2009-2010 and Budget Estimates for the year 2010-2011 of FATA-DA (HQ) & Agency Coordination Offices.
9	Sanctioning of 20% Special Allowance and 10% Utility Allowances to the Employees of Civil Secretariat, NWFP and APUG Officers with effect from 01-02-2008.
10	Reconstitution/Expansion of FATA-DA Development Working Party.
11	Retention of Mr. Nizam-ud-Din Manager (B&A), in FATA-DA.
1Additional item 1	Revision of ADP Scheme “FATA Youth Skills Development (Field Internship Programme)”.
Additional item 2	Revision of ADP Scheme “Establishment of 70-Govt Women Skills Development Centres in FATA)”
Additional item 3	Revision of ADP Scheme  “FATA Youth Skills Development Programme (Institution-Based)”

A meeting was held on 18-01-2010 under the chairmanship of Governor NWFP to discuss six months performance of FATA DA ADP 2009-10.

In his opening remarks, Chief Executive, FATA DA informed that the meeting has been arranged to brief the Governor about the performance of various sectors/schemes achieved during the 1st half of the financial year 2009-10. He also informed that progress of the projects given to LDP will also be discussed in the meeting. He then asked General Manager (P&D) for detailed presentation.

General Manager (P&D), FATA DA, through various slides, explained the performance of various sectors/projects during the 1st six months of the financial year 2009-10. He also informed about the re-alignment of allocations of various sectors/projects during the 2nd half of the year. Projects given to LDP were also explained by him.

Details of the meeting can be seen here.

14th Meeting of the Board of Directors FATA-DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, was held on 25th November, 2009.Following members attended the meeting:

Agenda items discussed are as follows:

Sr.No	Agenda tems
1	“Construction of 7 kms shingle road from Bashi Patti to Yakho Shah coal bearing area, Orakzai Agency” – a sub-project of the approved umbrella scheme “Construction of shingle roads in mineral bearing areas of Southern FATA”(FATA-DA ADP 2009-10 S.No.25)
2	“Construction of 8 kms shingle road from Ghazi Abad to Khanka Ghundai marble deposits, Ziarat area, Mohmand Agency” - a subproject of the approved umbrella scheme “Construction of shingle roads in mineral bearing areas of Northern FATA” (FATA-DA ADP 2009-10 S.No.24)
3	Annual Review of FATA-DA 2008-09. (i) Annual Report. (ii) Annual Review of FATADA ADP.
4	Deletion of Scheme “Establishment of FATA Skills Development Company (FASDEC)” (S/No: 30) from FATA DA ADP 2009-10.
5	Deletion of Scheme “Khyber Steam Safari” (S/No: 43) from FATA-DA ADP 2009-10.
6	Extension of contract period of Mr. Mohammad Gulzar, Consultant FATA-DA.
7	Creation of posts of additional staff for FATA-DA Headquarter and abolition of surplus posts.
8	Winding up of Orakzai Coal Mining Project.
9	Appointment of Assistant Project Director (Renewable Energy) for PSU Small Dams Section.
10	Grant of compensation to the family of Late Tufail Muhammad Naib Qasid of “Investigation & Evaluation of Manganese prospects in Bajaur & Mohmand Agencies” project.
11	Draft FATA-DA Employees (Leave) Rules, 2009.
12	Grant of Pension/Gratuity to FATA-DA Employees.
13	Selection of Chartered Accountant for conducting Internal Audit of the FATA-DA accounts 2008-09.
Additional item 1	Appointment of Project Manager for the Project “Construction of FATA-DA Building”

NWFP Governor Mr. Owais Ahmed Ghani in a simple but impressive ceremony today laid the foundation stone of the Head Quarter Building of FATA DA. Located in Phase V Hayatabad. Present on the occasion were Mr. Habibullah Khan Additional Chief Secretary FATA and Mr Attaullah Khan Chief Executive, FATA Development Authority.
Welcoming the Governor Mr. Attaullah thanked the Governor for performing the ceremony and briefed him on the salient features of the building. He said the building is spread over an area of one acre and the building has two portions. One portion shall house the main office of FATA Development Authority while the other portion shall be let on rent to corporate sector. Costing 198 millions the building has been designed by a reputed Lahore based firm. The construction shall be completed in a record 18 month time.
Speaking on the occasion the Governor appreciated the design and lauded the construction firm for mobilizing so rapidly. The Governor also hoped that with their own building the FATA DA team would get conducive environment to work with more commitment and zeal. The Governor also directed the Chief Executive Pesco and GM Development PTCL both present on the occasion to immediately remove the underground as well as overhead wire from the building site so as to ensure smooth construction activity. The Chief Executive Pesco and the Director Development PTCL assured the Governor that the wires would be removed soon. Later on the Governor asked various questions relating to the design and expressed his satisfaction.

FATA Development Authority has signed a consultancy service contract with M/S Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) to provide consultancy services to conduct “SURVEY/ENUMERATIONS OF EXISTING INDUSTRIES, SERVICE SECTOR ENTITIES, LABOUR FORCE & IDENTIFYING CONSTRAINTS IN FATA”
The aims and objective of the project is to conduct a survey of all the industrial units, selected service sectors entities and the work force employed therein so that it can be documented and analyzed to device policy interventions and design projects that can help in providing an enabling environment for attracting investment for sustainable Industrial development in FATA as well as improve the working conditions of the labour force.
The results of the survey will be developed into a database which will be studied and analyzed to identify the gaps, short comings and depending on the outcome of the survey, accordingly focused projects and interventions will be designed so as to legalize and regularize the industrial and commercial ventures in FATA to attract local and foreign investment with the objective to create much needed employment opportunities.

A  meeting  was  held  under  the  chairmanship  of  Governor  NWFP,  on  21-08-2009 regarding Annual Review of FATA DA ADP 2008-09.
            In his opening remarks, Chief Executive, FATA DA informed that the meeting has been arranged to brief the Governor about the performance of FATA DA ADP 2008-09. He stated that the presentation includes financial and physical utilization of each project. He then asked General Manager (P&D) for detailed presentation.
General Manager (P&D), FATA DA, in his detailed presentation, briefed the Governor about the financial utilization and physical achievements of each scheme. He informed that out of total allocation of Rs. 846 million, Rs. 423 million (50%) were released which were fully utilized. Detailed minutes can be seen here.