Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday criticized the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for its failure to establish the counter terrorism department (CTD) in the province despite receiving Rs590 billion during the last 14 years, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Responding to a point of order raised by Sunni Ittehad Council member and formed NA Speaker Asad Qaiser in the National Assembly, the prime minister highlighted that under the NFC, an additional one percent share was allocated to the KP province just to augment its efforts against terrorism.
Shehbaz Sharif said the last NFC Award was agreed upon in 2010 by the government of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani when terrorism was at its peak and the KP province suffered the most, followed by Balochistan and other provinces. He said that KP people had been the frontline soldiers against terrorism which would always be remembered.
Shehbaz Sharif said the additional one percent share for KP in NFC was still intact and no other province including Balochistan got such funds nor objected to it despite immense sacrifices by their law enforcement agencies and people against terrorism.
The prime minister informed the House that from 2010 till now, the KP province had received Rs590 billion but could not yet establish the CTD for which the funds were mainly allocated. This also needs to be looked into as why the CTD is still incomplete there despite getting such huge funds, he added.
Coming to another objection by the opposition member, Shehbaz Sharif told the House that the federal government had forwarded a panel of three persons, as per tradition, asking the KP government to choose one officer for appointment as chief secretary which they have not decided so far.
The prime minister also offered to revise the panel if the provincial government desired so but rubbished the allegation of any discrimination against the province.