PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has made Project Management Unit (PMU) mandatory for development projects worth Rs1 billion or more.
The KP Planning and Development (P&D) Department has been directed that the establishment of a PMU will be mandatory for development projects with an estimated cost of more than Rs1 billion. Similarly, it was also directed that a PMU will be better for a project with an estimated cost of less than one billion, but the decision to establish it will be taken by the administrative department but it will be mandatory that in such a case less than 5% of the project fund will be spent on the PMU.
The P&D has also made it clear that a PMU can supervise more than one project. If the administrative department does not establish a PMU for a project, any officer may be given the charge as the project director.
In case of establishing a project management unit, its office should be setup in the office of the same administrative department but in case of lack of space, the department can establish the office any other building.
