Govt assails PTI over 'lack of governance' in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar criticized the PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday, accusing them of a "lack of governance" in the province. He stated that the provincial government was given Rs700 billion under the National Finance Commission to combat terrorism but failed to upgrade the Counter Terrorism Department, establish forensic labs, or install safe city cameras in merged districts and entry-exit points of KP's districts.

Tarar accused the PTI of using the money to organize protests instead of addressing terrorism. He further criticized the PTI for holding meetings that spread turmoil and vandalism in the province instead of discussing terrorism.

Tarar alleged that millions of people in KP were trapped in poverty, disease, ignorance, and non-development due to the PTI government's failure to provide adequate health facilities, educational opportunities, and infrastructure improvements. He also accused the PTI of trapping the people of the province "captive to terrorists." Tarar stated that the PTI facilitated terrorists in settling in the country and questioned when the security forces would make the area free of terrorists and keep bringing them back.