Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations, Shafi Jan here on Thursday said that the provincial government was working to ensure financial stability and strengthening economic base.
Speaking on the province’s financial performance during a press conference along with CM aide on fiance Muzamil Aslam, Shafi Jan said the current provincial government had, on several occasions, paid government employees’ salaries in advance despite financial challenges.
According to him, the province has managed to achieve greater financial stability. Shafi Jan also claimed that wheat was procured during the caretaker govt period but payments to farmers were not made.
He said treatment under Sehat Card was restored by the provincial government. He said the provincial government had spent Rs125 billion on the Sehat Card programme over the past three years.
He claimed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had received Rs72 billion over the past two years under the net hydel profit arrangement.
Highlighting development spending, Shafi Jan said the province spent Rs 240 billion during the previous fiscal year against an Annual Development Programme (ADP) allocation of Rs 195 billion. He added that 40 percent of funds under the current fiscal year’s ADP had already been released.
Regarding development funding, he added that the provincial government had released Rs 11 billion under the AIP for the merged districts.