Daily Times

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Tuesday said that despite the availability of limited resources, the government would extend all possible support to the provincial government for uplift and welfare of the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

The prime minister, chairing a meeting to discuss the matters about the KP, said that being cognizant of their problems, the Federal Government stood with the government and the people of the province. He also instructed the authorities concerned to resolve the issues confronting the KP province that had rendered immense sacrifices against terrorism. The prime minister instructed to form a secretarial committee to resolve the KP’s financial matters and formulate recommendations regarding the payment of net hydel profits, and the royalty of oil and gas. To be headed by the federal finance secretary, the committee would consist of federal secretaries of planning, water resources and petroleum.

Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Tuesday stressed upon focusing the climate resilience and climate finance aspects in all the water projects of Balochistan and reiterated that progress and prosperity of the people of province were among the top priorities of the government. The caretaker prime minister chaired a review meeting on the important matters pertaining to the Balochistan province. The chief secretary gave a briefing over different projects of the province.