ISLAMABAD: Asad Qaiser, the former speaker of the National Assembly, claimed on Monday that 91 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa projects had been left out of the federal development budget and that these exclusions were contributing to the return of terrorism.
During a news conference held in Islamabad, the PTI leader stated that the projects that were not included were associated with health, education, energy, and other significant fields.
“We were informed that KP would receive an additional 3 percent of the NFC award as a result of the merging of the former Fata, but even that assurance was not able to be met. We need to receive Rs. 100 billion annually, but the money isn’t released,” he stated.
Mr. Qaiser claimed that the KP was being denied funding just because people had given the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) a mandate. He was accompanied by members of the KP Assembly and other party leaders.
A former NA speaker queries whether Punjab has become “a police state.”
He emphasized that it was also necessary to keep the promise to release more money.
Atif Khan, the head of the PTI, stated that KP was experiencing a serious load shedding situation because to the heatwave.
“Why can’t a single lineman be prosecuted if electricity is being stolen? After the budget is announced, I worry that electricity prices may go up much more,” he remarked.
Shahram Tarakai said it was regrettable that the federal government’s actions were contributing to the rise in terrorism.
Repression
Mr. Qaiser chastised the government for its “blatant abuse of power and relentless” persecution of PTI leaders, workers, and National Assembly members.
The former speaker of the National Assembly bemoaned the fact that Omar Ayub Khan, the opposition leader supported by the PTI, and four other lawmakers were not allowed to enter the anti-terrorism court in Sargodha to appear in his case.
He questioned whether the PTI workers were prevented from calling a workers’ convention and whether Punjab had been turned into “a police state or under a martial law regime,” where political rights were violated without consequence.
He questioned Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the current speaker of the NA, about his responsibility as the house’s custodian to uphold the dignity of the chair and the privileges of legislators.
