PESHAWAR (Shahid Jan): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday unanimously approved three important bills related to different sectors.
Under the KP Universities Amendment Bill 2026, the name of the University of Computing Science and Technology, Swat, has been changed to the University of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Swat.
The bill, presented in the house by Provincial Minister for Local Government and Higher Education Meena Khan Afridi, was approved by a majority vote.
In the meeting, the bill to make 214 ad hoc lecturers permanent under the KP Ad Hoc Lecturers Regularisation of Service Act was also approved by the house. This bill was also presented by Provincial Minister Meena Khan Afridi and was approved by a majority vote.
In addition, Provincial Minister for Health Mian Khaliq-ur-Rehman presented the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical Teaching Institute Reforms Bill 2026 in the assembly, which was approved by the house. This bill aims to ensure reforms and improvements in the quality of medical educational institutions of the province.
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