In February, before the Covid-19 pandemic had started in Pakistan; 14 public departments had not spent a single penny in erstwhile FATA. While others only utilized 6.5% of funds from the annual development budget for the fiscal year 2019-20. A total of Rs83 billion, including federal government’s Rs72 billion and KP government’s Rs11 billion, were […]
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly passed a bill declaring all mines and minerals in former FATA as the property of the government without any debate in the house, resulting in strong protest from both lawmakers of the opposition and citizens. The treasury passed the bill without allowing the opposition any debate on the matter. Opposition members […]
3SharesAround three hundred employees of the FATA secretariat are faced with an uncertain future due to a delay in their absorption in provincial departments. The situation arose after various sections of the FATA secretariat were taken over by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government departments over the last six months. Employees are concerned as the institution that managed […]