Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced its decision to retain funds meant for the Annual Development Programme (ADP), according to a news source. As it had diverted some development funds to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, it was previously considering cutting the ADP as well.
However, it decided not to do so. KP Health and Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra addressed a press conference at the Civil Secretariat on Monday. There, he revealed that the government had released all annual development funds in December, and recorded the lowest expenditures in a long time. However, these low expenditures were the result of the pandemic.
Jhagra emphasised that apart from the pandemic, the public needs to be protected from other things such as poverty and joblessness. He urged citizens to follow all precautions to tackle this disease, which include wearing masks in public and observing social distancing.
