One year on: Suspension of funds hampers AJK uplift
Khan further said they had raised the issue with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
MUZAFFARABAD:
Suspension of funds by the federal government for new developmental schemes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has irked the state government.
“Despite the AJK budget being unanimously approved, we are not being allowed to use the money and this attitude from the federal government hampers the development in the region,” he insisted.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2014.
Suspension of funds by the federal government for new developmental schemes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has irked the state government.
Talking to the media, Rehabilitation Minister Abdul Majid Khan said that the government has not introduced any new project in AJK during the past one year.
Apart from development schemes from the Planning Commission of Pakistan (PCP), the Development Working Party (DWP) is also not approving any projects.
“Billions were allocated in the budget under [PSDP] for development projects however, the Planning Commission has spent most of it on projects in Punjab but have nothing so far in AJK,” the minister said.
Khan further said they had raised the issue with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and the top PPP leadership but to no avail.
“Despite the AJK budget being unanimously approved, we are not being allowed to use the money and this attitude from the federal government hampers the development in the region,” he insisted.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2014.