PTI leaving Rs300 billion of debts for next govt in K-P: PPP leader

Provincial govt borrowing mismatches development

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President of Pakistan People Party (PPP) Humayun Khan has criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for availing billions in loans.

He also warned the PML-N government in the centre that PPP will strongly resist the federal government’s tax amnesty scheme.

The provincial leadership of the party was addressing a press conference at Peshawar press club on Saturday. Senator Baharmand Tangi, Arbab Alamgir Khan, Syed Ayub Shah, Ziaullah Afridi, PPP Women Wing Provincial President Nighat Yasmin Orakzai, Shazia Tehmas and others party leaders and workers were also present on the occasion.



Humayun also alleged that today the Bank of Khyber, the only financial institution of the province, is not performing the way it has performed in the past due to uncanny leadership of the PTI and their policies.

He added that a hefty Rs300 billion loans have been obtained which will be a huge burden on the provincial exchequer which is already in awful state and will also create hurdles for the upcoming government of the province.

PPP K-P leadership also criticised federal government’s tax amnesty scheme ahead of the general elections in the country and said PPP will strongly resist against this move at any level.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2018.