17.1 C
Athens
Σάββατο, 2 Νοεμβρίου, 2024

Gilgit-Baltistan CM accuses Pak govt for slashing region’s development budget by half

Περισσότερα Νέα

- Advertisement -

Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan on Sunday accused the central government of intentionally slashing the region’s development budget by half, claiming that this was done “under an agenda to push the region backwards”.

Addressing a presser in Islamabad along with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Murad Saeed and Ali Amin Gandapur, Gilgit-Baltistan CM said that the incumbent government had cut the development budget of their region by 50 per cent to Rs 23 billion, Dawn reported.

Khurshid Khan clarified that his government had given the federal government a total of Rs 47 billion where Rs 32 billion was given under the recurrent head and the remaining money was given as an additional grant.

The Gilgit-Baltistan CM said that his government was in a position to meet salary and other expenses with Rs 47 billion “but currently we do not have the resources to meet disaster relief management, building human capacity, or poverty alleviation.”

He went on to say that Gilgit-Baltistan’s allocations had reached billions of rupees for the first time when the Imran Khan-led government was in power. Previously, the Public Sector Development Programme’s (PSDP) portfolio was Rs 2 billion which Imran raised to Rs 10 billion, he added.

- Advertisement -

Khurshid Khan further said that the PTI-led government had made an announcement of a development package which was set at Rs 18 billion in the first stage and “our average was to be Rs55bn annually.”

The Gilgit-Baltistan CM recalled the Nawaz Sharif tenure and said that he also had increased the region’s development portfolio to Rs2bn which used to be in millions before that, reported Dawn.

When Imran Khan took over, he had for the first time allocated Rs 400 billion for Gilgit to make it a hotspot for tourists, according to Khurshid Khan. That package had now been “sabotaged” and some six to seven important projects which were in an advanced planning phase had also been shelved, he alleged.

“Last time, Imran had moved ahead with interim constitutional rights for GB and we had calculated our share of the National Finance Commission (NFC), which amounted to Rs 137 billion. But a province that should get over Rs 130 billion is now seeing a deduction of over 50 per cent from what it was already receiving,” the chief minister claimed.

- Advertisement -

ΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΤΕ

εισάγετε το σχόλιό σας!
παρακαλώ εισάγετε το όνομά σας εδώ

The reCAPTCHA verification period has expired. Please reload the page.

Ροή ειδήσεων

ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΑΡΘΡΑ

Taiwan detects 6 Chinese military aircraft, 9 vessels around territory

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported Chinese military activity near the island on Tuesday and said that by 6 am (local time), six...

China Tries to Blot out Tibetan Criticism of Mining Firm’s Damage to the Environment 

Chinese censors are trying to prevent people from viewing posts that allege severe environmental damage in Tibet caused by sand mining. A young Tibetan man...

Protests erupt in Balochistan as citizens demand justice amid rising violence

Amid ongoing atrocities and lawlessness in Balochistan, a protest took place in Buleda as residents rallied for the immediate arrest of the killers of...

Chinese armed forces are not as strong as they seem, according to experts

China is seen as a formidable power due to its robust economic growth and military expansion in recent decades, but if experts are to...

ΔΗΜΟΦΙΛΗ ΑΡΘΡΑ

Αμπελόκηποι: Γόνος ευκατάστατης οικογένειας ο 36χρονος που διαμελίστηκε στη γιάφκα – Είχε συλληφθεί μαζί με τον 31χρονο στη Γερμανία

Γόνος ευκατάστατης οικογένειας επιστημόνων που μαζί με τον 31χρονο μηχανολόγο – μηχανικό είχαν προσαχθεί και σημανθεί στη Γερμανία για επεισόδια σε πορείες είναι ο...

Αμπελόκηποι: Οι χειρόγραφες σημειώσεις «ξεκλειδώνουν» τις έρευνες της Αντιτρομοκρατικής – 5 κιλά εκρηκτικής ύλης εξερράγησαν

Σε πλήρη εξέλιξη είναι οι έρευνες της Αντιτρομοκρατικής για την έκρηξη αυτοσχέδιας βόμβας στο διαμέρισμα στους Αμπελόκηπους καθώς ήδη ταυτοποιήθηκε ο νεκρός. Από τα αποτυπώματά...

Aμπελόκηποι: «Μεταμφιεσμένοι» τρομοκράτες ετοίμαζαν εντυπωσιακό χτύπημα στην Αθήνα – Βρέθηκαν σχεδιαγράμματα

Νέα διάσταση στις έρευνες της Αντιτρομοκρατικής δίνουν τα ευρήματα απο νέες εφόδους που έγιναν σε τρεις οικίες και ένα όχημα των ατόμων που σχετίζονται...

Διάσταση απόψεων ανάμεσα σε μεγάλα ειδησεογραφικά δίκτυα! Πρίν ή μετά τις αμερικανικές εκλογές η απάντηση του Ιράν;

Οι New York Times, επικαλούμενοι τρεις αξιωματούχους που γνωρίζουν τον πολεμικό σχεδιασμό του Ιράν, ανέφεραν ότι η επίθεση θα γίνει μετά τις 5 Νοεμβρίου...