US EditionCentre-KP Frost Thaws as PM, CM Afridi Break the Ice
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces a Rs54.4 billion shortfall in federal funds, with PM Shehbaz directing follow-up actions to address financial and security concerns, officials said.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday at the PM House in Islamabad after Afridi’s Sunday jirga pledge and earlier letter.
- Sohail Afridi said the funding shortfall has 'translated into an acute fiscal and governance crisis' and demanded the 'full and unconditional' release of Rs658.4 billion under the NFC, which KP has received Rs604bn of so far, leaving a Rs54.4bn gap.
- During the meeting, Afridi raised NFC, CRBC, NHP payments, and said KP had already provided Rs26bn under the AIP, while PM Shehbaz Sharif instructed Ahsan Iqbal to meet Aslam later on Monday to resolve these issues.
- Afridi said two to three more meetings will be held, including one to two on counter-terrorism, and he expressed condolences over attacks in Balochistan, condemning terrorism.
- Since becoming chief minister in October last year, Afridi said the Rs54.4bn shortfall has created an acute fiscal and governance crisis for KP, with the federal government urged to release funds.
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KP CM Sohail Afridi says ‘no political talks’ after meeting PM Shehbaz
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