Public Health Engineering Department (KPK)

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Public Health Engineering Department
پبلک ہیلتھ انجینئرنگ ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Provincial Department overview
Formed2009;16 years ago (2009)
StatusActive
Headquarters Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Employees11,000
Minister responsible
Parent department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Website phedkp.gov.pk

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) is a department of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan responsible for providing clean drinking water, sanitation services, and promoting hygiene to improve public health across the province.

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The department plans, executes, and maintains various water supply and sanitation schemes throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Its core mission is to ensure access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities for rural populations. [1] [2]

As of 2025, Pakhtoon Yar Khan serves as the Minister for Public Health Engineering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [3] [4] [5]

History

The department was established in 1974 and later upgraded to an administrative department in 1992. In 2001, it was merged into the Communication and Works Department. However, in November 2009, it became an independent department again. [2] [6]

Functions

The department has been assigned different functions related to public welfare. [1]

Organization

The department has four Chief Engineers (CE); 20 Superintending Engineers (SE)/Director Technical/Director Design(DD) and 52 Executive Engineers (XEN)/Deputy Director Technical (DDT)/Design Engineers (DE)/, 100 Sub-Divisional Officers (SDO)/Assistant Design Engineers (ADE), 206 Sub-Engineers (S/Es), 1426 Support Staff and 9292 Operational Staff. [2]

Committee on Public Health Engineering Department

Khalid Khan currently heads the 10-member KP assembly committee on the Public Health Engineering Department. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Functions, PHED". www.phedkp.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Introduction". phedkp.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Public Health Engineering". phedkp.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "KP govt introduces e-Tendering, e-Bidding system in Public Health Engineering Dept". Profit by Pakistan Today. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Seven Pink City areas to get 24x7 water supply from Apr". The Times of India. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  6. ↑ "Home, PHED". www.phedkp.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "No.33 on Public Health Engineering Department | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
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