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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations Shafi Jan on Thursday said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had achieved a significant success in safeguarding the province’s constitutional and financial rights during a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC).
In a statement, Mr Jan said that the NEC meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and attended by chief ministers of all provinces and senior government officials, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa being represented by CM Sohail Afridi along with adviser (finance) Muzammil Aslam and the chief secretary.
He said that the meeting reviewed the Annual Development Programme and national development initiatives. The minister said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government effectively raised the issue of non-provision of NFC resources for merged tribal districts.
“CM Sohail Afridi maintained that despite the merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the resource distribution formula had not been revised accordingly, placing an additional financial burden on the province. He emphasised that development of merged tribal districts was contingent upon fair allocation of financial resources,” he said.
