PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that his party would not compromise on the rights of the province.
QWP leader said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had promised to provide Rs 100 billion annually to the merged districts for 10 years, but the promise could not be materialized.
Aftab Sherpao said that the provinces had also pledged to provide three percent of the National Finance Commission award for the uplift of the merged districts, but the promise was yet to be honoured. "The non-provision of the funds have created a sense of deprivation among the residents of the tribal districts, who are now having second thoughts about the merger," he added. He said that the PTI government did not have a clear-cut policy to contain the spread of Covid-19. He was speaking at a meeting of party leaders at Watan Kor, headquarters of QWP.
Aftab Sherpao said the government caused confusion among the people about the issue of lockdown. He said the government shared wrong statistics with the people about the number of coronavirus patients and the deaths caused by it in order to hide its incompetence.
The QWP leader said that people were getting infected and the number of infection was increasing day by day, but there were no facilities at hospitals.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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