KP Govt Vows To Exercise All Options To Get Province's Rights.

Peshawar -- An important meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held under the chair of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Tuesday expressed serious concerns on the reduction in allocations for the merged tribal districts in the budget of new financial year by the federal government.

The meeting regarding key issues of the provincial government related to the federal government also showed serious reservations on the federal government's indication to hand over the Sehat Card scheme of merged tribal districts without transferring the required budget to the provincial government. It discussed in detail various options to be exercised to get due of the province including the merged tribal districts. Important decisions were also taken to this effect.

Provincial cabinet members, Taimur Jhagra, Shaukat Yousafzai, Fazal Shakoor Khan, Chief Secretary Shehzad Bangash, Inspector General Police Muazzam Jah Ansari, Principal Secretary to CM, Advocate General Shumail Butt and concerned administrative secretaries attended the meeting.

The meeting while expressing resolve of the provincial government to exercise all available options to get due rights of the province, decided to get a resolution passed unanimously from the provincial assembly, and to hold Jirga with the federal government on the issue; and to communicate in writing the concerns of the provincial government to the centre at various level.

The meeting also decided to highlight the injustice being done to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the centre on media; and to exercise all political, constitutional and legal options to get the due rights of the province.

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