The government has assigned 30 ministers, state ministers and members of the National Parliament’s whip group to supervise and coordinate activities across all 64 districts. A notification on the assignments was issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday. Their responsibilities include maintaining normal law and order, controlling corruption and drugs, and overseeing development and public welfare programmes.

The notification said the government had observed with deep concern that development allocations in various districts had existed on paper but were widely looted through corruption. It said part of the looted money was allegedly transferred abroad, while another part was used for activities involving drugs, social degradation, public security and threats to state security.

The district-level oversight roles were introduced to coordinate overall government operations. The stated objectives include strengthening governance, transparency and accountability, alongside monitoring law and order, anti-corruption and anti-drug measures, public welfare initiatives and development activities.