3. Peshawar City District
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Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized " ·.'·t i: ::•<< ·,c· " ·i: i .• : ;·c, ·ji;i:'f~?W B~nk · 'Cities l\lli~~e c i.fi~·{wL~•h•au·i·· s:i·u·ffi:~:;,' ·'·,;:,,········~ :~·~ ·--~ ,, ~ -1- •• !~·~r· 1: Acronyms and Abbreviations ACR Annual Confidential Report LG Local Government ADS Asian Development Bank LG&RD Local Government & Rural Development ADOs Assistant District Officers LGC Local Government Commission ADP Annual Development Program- LGO Local Government Ordinance AE Agriculture Extension LRG Local Revenue Generation AOs Agriculture Officers LS&DD Livestock & Dairy Development ATI Agriculture Training Institute MIS Management Information System SHU Basic Health Unit MC Monitoring Committee BOS Bureau of Statistics MCP Municipal Corporation Peshawar BPS Basic Pay Scale M&R Maintenance and Rehabilitation CAP City Assistance Plan MoUs Memorandum of Understandings CBO Community Based Organization MVT Motor Vehicle Tax CCP Capital City Police NFC National Finance Commission CDMD City Development and Municipal Department NGO Non-Government Organization CDS City Development Strategy NWFP Northwest Frontier Province cso Civil Society Organization OFWM On-Farm Water Management CrPC Criminal Procedure Code O&M Operation & Maintenance CNG Compressed Natural Gas OZT Octroi and Zila Tax DC District Council PCD Peshawar City District DCO District Coordination Officer PDA Peshawar Development Authority DCC District Coordination Committee PEP Primary Education Project DFI Development Finance Institution P&F Planning and Finance DG Director General PSC Public Safety Commission DHO District Health Office PTCL Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited DMC District Mushawarti Committee PFC Provincial Finance Commission DO District Officer PHED Public Health Engineering Department DPO District Police Officer PITE Provincial Institute of Teacher Education EDO Executive District Officer PRP Provincial Reform Program EPA Environmental Protection Agency RHC Rural Health Center EM IS Education Management Information System RoB Rules of Business ESR Education Sector Reform SAC Structural Adjustment Credit E&T Excise & Taxation SAP Social Action Program FA Field Assistant SMBR Senior Member Board of Revenue FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas SOPs Standard Operating Procedures FIR First Information Report TC Tehsil Council FR Frontier Region TMA Town Municipal Administration FSC Farm Service Center TOP Terms of Partnership GST General Sales Tax TTIP Tax on Transfer of Immovable Property HMIS Health Management Information System UAs Union Administrations HRD Human Resource Development UCs Union Councils IBP Institution-Based Practice UTC University Town Committee lAs Institutional Assessments UIPT Urban Immovable Property Tax IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature VOs Village Organizations KPP Khushal Pakistan Program WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority A large number of individuals have contributed to this CDS, through their active support, valuable contributions, and consistent guidance during its formulation process. These include officials from the provincial and local governments; elected representatives of the LGs; members of private sector organizations; professionals; academicians; and representatives of NGOs/CBOs. The contribution of each one of them is gratefully acknowledged. UNCHS Cities Alliance World Bank Mahdab Mathema Peter Palesch Shahnaz Arshad Technical Assistance Team Abdul Rashid Khan; Muhammad Tariq Durrani; Said Arab Khan; ljaz Hussain Rizvi; Muhammad Zahid Elahi Contents I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2. CDS Background···································~········································································· 5 2.1 A New Approach to Cities in an Urbanizing World ............................................... 5 2.2 The Underlying Principles of CDS .......................................................................... 7 3. Peshawar City District .................................................................................................... 9 3 .I The Legal Framework for Local Governance ....................................................... I 0 3.2 The New Paradigm: Devolution and Decentralization 200 I ............................... I 0 3.3 The Peshawar CDS; Pre- and Post-Devolution Periods ....................................... II 3.4 Institutions for Local Governance ......................................................................... 12 3.4.1 The Provincial Oversight .......................................................................... 12 3.4.2 The Elected LG Councils .......................................................................... 13 3.4.3 The District Coordination Office ........................................ : .................... 13 3.4.4 The District Level Service Providers ........................................................ 15 3.4.5 The Sub-District Institutions ..................................................................... 16 3.4.6 The Civil Society and Private Sector Organizations ................................. 16 4. The Process Adopted .................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Phase 1: Preparation and Stakeholder Mobilization ............................................. 19 4.2 Phase II: Consultations ......................................................................................... 21 4.3 Phase Ill: Issue Prioritization and Identification of the Strategic Focus ................ 22 4.4 Phase-IV: Strategy Formulation ........................................................................... 24 5. Areas of Strategic Focus .............................................................................................. 37 5.1 Issues of Devolution and Decentralization ........................................................... 37 5.2 Lacking or Unclear Policies ................................................................................... 39 5.3 Resource Issues (human, material, and financial) .................................................. 42 5.4 Problems of Institutional Capacities ..................................................................... 42 5.4.1 Low Understanding and Focus on Capacity Building ............................... 43 5.4.2 Inadequate and/or Lacking Systems and Procedures ............................... 44 5.4.3 Lacking and/or Unclear Mandates ............................................................ 50 5.5 Issues of Accountability and Transparency ............................................................ 50 5.5.1 Monitoring Committees ........................................................................... 51 5.5.2 Other Factors Impacting on Accountability and Transparency ................ 53 5.6 Issues of Equity ..................................................................................................... 53 5.6.1 Gender Issues ........................................................................................... 54 5.6.2 Issues of Rural /Urban Development.. ...................................................... 55 5.6.3 Issues of Poverty ....................................................................................... 56 5.7 Issues of Law, Order and Justice ........................................................................... 56 5.7.1 The District Police .................................................................................... 56 5.7.2 The Public Safety Commissions ................................................................ 59 5.7.3 The lnsaaf Committees and Musalhati Jirgas ............................................ 59 5. 7.4 The District Judiciary ................................................................................ 61 5.5.5 Local Initiatives for Improving Security ..................................................... 62 5.8 Low Awareness of New Roles and Responsibilities ............................................. 63 6. The Way Forward .......................................................................................................... 65 6. I The Development Strategy .................................................................................. 6 7 6.2 City Assistance Plan ............................................................................................. 72 6.3 CDS Implementation ............................................................................................ 85 6.4 Potential Local and External Resources ................................................................ 86 7. Annexes ........................................................................................................................... 87 7.1 Peshawar City District Profile ............................................................................... 87 7.2 Donor Initiatives for Capacity Building ................................................................. 95 1 ! Introduction ·- -- " -- - .'..- I. Introduction The City Development Strategy (CDS) Peshawar is about institutional development and improved governance. It focuses on the creation of an enabling environment, and on making better use of the existing resources and institutions; a policy choice that would require immediate and the highest level of attention in the post-devolution period. Contrary to popular