Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Mahmood Khan has said that since the change of federal government, the K-P has been facing serious problems in getting its funds and other matters related to the federal government.
“Developmental funds to the tune to Rs17 billion for newly merged districts have been withheld by the federal government,” he said, adding that efforts were also underway to exclude development projects of the province from federal PSDP too.
The CM said that provincial government could face problems regarding gas in coming days.
He expressed these views while addressing the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected cabinet of District Bar Association Peshawar on Wednesday. The chief minister said that the province belonged to everyone living here, whatever political party we belong to we all must have to unite for the rights of the province.
He urged upon lawyer community to come forward and support the provincial government in its legal and constitutional struggle to protect the rights of the province.
He termed the lawyer community an important segment of society and said that it had played an important role in the struggle for democracy and independence of judiciary in the country.
Touching upon the initiatives of his government in the sector of law and justice, the chief minister said that work on 28 different development projects was in progress in the province which would be completed at a cost of Rs14 billion.
He said that the provincial government was also establishing seven district judicial complexes and 25 tehsil judicial complexes in merged areas which would be completed at a cost of Rs14 billion.
On this occasion, the chief minister announced special grant of Rs40 million for District Bar Association Peshawar and assured that the projects regarding provision of various facilities to lawyers in judicial complex Peshawar would also be reflected in the next budget.
Earlier, the CM formally administered oath to the newly elected cabinet of District Bar Association Peshawar.
Special Assistant to Chief Minister Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, Members Provincial Assembly Asif Khan, Peer Fida Muhammad, Fazal Elahi and others were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, talking to media during his visit to Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), the chief minister said that ‘imported Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’ in his speech in Shangla talked about the provision of free treatment facilities to the people of the province.
The CM called the PM Shehbaz ignorant and said that the K-P government had already been providing free treatment.
He said that the provincial government was also providing flour at Rs800 per 20 kilo bag under Ramazan Package. The package has been extended to 30th June.
Responding to another question, the chief minister termed the statement of Shahbaz Sharif regarding flour smuggling across the border as completely baseless.
Later on, the chief minister inaugurated newly established 20 Modular Operation Theaters at KTH. These state-of-the-art modular operation theaters have been established at the cost of Rs350 million making KTH the first ever hospital with modular operation theaters.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2022.
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