Centre Rejects KP Claim for Displacement Costs

Centre rejects KP claim for displacement costs

• Province says Rs10.4bn expense linked to settlement of displaced persons from Bajaur, Tirah Valley• Federal govt also rules out higher net hydel profit payments to province ISLAMABAD: The federal government has declined Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s request for Rs10.4 billion in additional expenditure linked to the settlement of displaced persons from Bajaur and the Tirah Valley following security operations, asking the provincial administration to mee…

Displaced families’ rehabilitation: Centre tells KP it’s unable to share cost

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has expressed its inability to share the estimated cost of around Rs10 billion for the rehabilitation of displaced families, citing severe fiscal constraints. This was confirmed by Muzamil Aslam, Advisor to the Chief Minister on Finance, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while talking to Business Recordert after a meeting with Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb here on Tuesday. The provi…