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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday expressed confidence that by 2030, KP will achieve self-sufficiency in several key sectors, and the relevant departments have already been issued the necessary directives in this regard.

He stated that the government had been undertaking comprehensive planning to achieve food self-sufficiency and announced that the upcoming provincial budget would include increased allocations for the food department.