*ISLAMABAD – Germany’s Ambassador to Pakistan Martin Kobler stirred a newcontroversy.*
*Ambassador took a dig at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and remarkedthat it is building roads at a much higher cost.*
The ambassador tweeted that the villagers built a 12-inch layer road inAzakhel at a cost of Rs4 million. The road was financed by a German NGO. Heasked why the same length road was built by the KP government in Rs10million.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
linkMartin Kobler✔@KoblerinPAKlinklink
Look at this road at azakheel bala build by the villagers, financed by #Germany link s @KfWpresslink. 1 km build by villagers cost 4 mio with a12 inch layer. same road build by @KPGovernmentlink costs 10 mio pkr with lower quality (6inches). CAN YOU TELL ME WHY??3:11 PM – Dec 5, 2018link
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Reacting to Mr Kobler’s tweet, PTI’s Nowshera MNA Imran Khattak said thatthe contractors didn’t keep their share on the projects funded by the NGO.The government has to pay taxes on its projects and the cost increases by22%.
