Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has said promoting allied health sciences is among the priorities of the government.

Addressing a function in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, he said human resource development in the field of nursing is the need of the hour.

Faisal Karim Kundi stressed for adopting international procedures in the field of medicine to compete with the advanced nations of the world.

He said work on provision of modern technical education to youth under NAVTEC is underway.