Peshawar:
Pakistan Peoples Party parliamentarians (PPPP) have strongly protested the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s decision to award a grant of RS50 million to the Lahore High Court Bar Association.
In response, the party has submitted a formal ‘attention message’ in the KP Province Assembly.
The message was submitted to the Assembly Secretariat by the PPPP parliamentary leader, Ahmad Karim Kundi. It says the provincial government at its upcoming cabinet meeting has added the proposed grant to the Lahore High Court Bar Association as the last topic on the agenda.
The message raises serious concerns and questions the government’s priorities in light of the current challenges facing KP.
The province is struggling with aggravated law and conditions of order as well as a deterioration of economic crisis. In such circumstances, the message claims, it is unjustified for the provincial leadership to approve such a large sum from KP’s resources for an institution based in another province.
“CEO of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has no reason for allocating provincial means to political bodies or institutions outside the province,” Kundi said.
PPPP has required a clear explanation from the provincial government about its attitude and the rationale behind this financial decision.
On the other hand, Senator Wali Khan condemned the move and accused the KP government of abusing taxpayers’ money by distributing them among ‘political friends of Pakistan Tehreek-In-Insaf (PTI).’
