Finance Minister assures to bring merged tribal districts at par with rest of province

Finance Minister assures to bring merged tribal districts at par with rest of province

Finance Minister Asad Umar has assured the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to bring the merged tribal districts at par with the rest of the province.

Chairing a meeting to review the financial requirements of the tribal districts in Islamabad on Thursday, he said the Prime Minister accorded the highest priority to the uplift of these areas and the federal as well as provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are committed to provide three percent of their share for the uplift of merged districts till appropriate allocations are made through the NFC process.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister gave a detailed presentation to the meeting, highlighting the financial needs of the merged tribal districts.
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