KP budget: Rs 106 bln allocated for HED.

PESHAWAR -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Monday allocated Rs 106 billion for 86 projects in the Higher Education Department in the budget 2022-23.

Finance Minister Taimur Salim Jhagra while presenting the budget in the KP Assembly said that amount of Rs 5.3 billion was allocated for universities in the annual development program (ADP).

He said that nine universities would be setup with a total cost of Rs 24 billion for which Rs 3.3 billion were allocated in the current financial year.

The minister said that Rs 8.4 billion would be spent on giving full university status to seven sub-campuses in Mardan, Hangu, Shangala, D. I Khan, Dir Lower...