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Afridi’s First KP Cabinet Forms Radio Pakistan Probe, Approves Witness Protection Rules

The moves set a course focused on security reform, welfare funding, transparency.

Overview

  • The cabinet set up a commission to investigate the Radio Pakistan attack, directing it to gather evidence including CCTV footage and report back.
  • Officials said more than 50 decisions were taken, including approval of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Witness Protection Rules 2025 and amendments to the Arms Rules 2014.
  • A Relief Support Fund of 4 billion rupees was approved for displaced families from North Waziristan, alongside road improvements in South Waziristan and Swat.
  • The meeting cleared 500 million rupees for the KP Transmission and Grid System Company and approved land acquisition for the Madain Hydropower Project.
  • The cabinet adopted a Child Labour Action Plan (2025–29) targeting the enrollment of roughly 745,000 working children and sanctioned 6.185 billion rupees to address missing school facilities, with 1.2 billion rupees to be released immediately.