Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has stressed the need of providing all basic facilities to inmates in the prisons of the province.

Presiding over a meeting in Peshawar on Saturday, he directed the concerned authorities to ensure cleanliness in the prisons besides hygienic food in Langar Khanas.

Mahmood Khan also directed the concerned quarters to start construction work on the Central Jail in Malakand division during next financial year.

The meeting decided to provide Rescue 1122 ambulances at all the major prisons of the province.