KP CM, ministers & bureaucrats could use official helicopter legally as assembly passes bill.

PESHAWAR -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has passed an amendment bill on the ministers' salaries, allowances and privileges.

KP Minister Shaukat Yousufzai presented the bill, which was also supported by PPP MPA Nighat Orakzai.

After the passage of the bill, apart from helicopters, airplanes can also be used by the chief minister, ministers and bureaucrats legally.

The use of helicopters and airplanes must be approved in advance by the Chief Minister.

The chief minister can also hire a private air service in case of non-availability of official helicopters.

Meanwhile, KP Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra speaking in the assembly said that they all were on the same page in the struggle for getting the rights of the province.

Jhagra said that the KP government should be given Rs 60 billion from the federal government in the current fiscal year. If...