Fawad Chaudhry demands provinces to announce PFC

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has demanded the announcement of the Provincial Finance Commission (PFC) without delay.

Taking to Twitter, he demanded that the provinces take steps to roll out the PFC Award at once for equitable and fair distribution of funds for uplift schemes among districts on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the federal cabinet.

صوبائ حکومتیں وزیر اعظم اور وفاقی کابینہ کی ہدائیت پر صوبائ فنانس کمیشن کا فوری اعلان کرنےکےاقدامات کریں، ترقیاتی فنڈز فوری طور پرضلعی حکومتوں کو منتقل کئے جائیں ،آرٹیکل 140-A کی خلاف ورزی قابل قبول نہیں ہنجاب اور KP کی تحریک انصاف کی حکومتوں پر تو عملدرآمد کی ذمہ داری زیادہ ہے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 15, 2020

Fawad Chaudhry wrote that the violation of Article-140 of the country’s constitution is unacceptable and that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments have more responsibility towards implementation.

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Earlier this month on 1st July, the prime minister, while chairing a cabinet meeting, directed the provincial governments to announce PFC awards for fair distribution of funds among districts.