above into enclose herewith a copy ?of self explanatory request of Mr Iftikhar Ali Mashwani, PK-26, DDAC chairman Mardan, whereupon the Honourable Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been pleased to record the following “DC Mardan. “Pleaase sanction”,” it is stated in the letter sent from the Chief Minister Secretariat to DC Mardan.
It further states, “it is therefore requested that necessary action may kindly be taken in the light of the directive of Honourable Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under intimation to this secretariat.”
ANP MPA Gohar Ali Shah Bacha told The News that the government had diverted all the development funds meant for his constituency PK-28 and another constituency of the ANP MPA Bahadur Khan in PK-23.
“I had feeling and that’s why I have given developmentschemes to the government instead of getting funds for development in my constituency. But the government diverted all funds from our constituencies to the constituency of PTI MPA Iftikhar Mashwani in PK-26,” he alleged.
He said PK-28 had a share of Rs11 million for development this year but now he would have no funds for development in his area.
“This is a clear-cut attempt by the PTI government to rig the local government election. I would have not complained had the PTI workers spent the development funds in my constituency but the government should have not transferred it to another area,” the ANP MPA said.
He said besides other small schemes, he had given three funeral prayer areas and pavement of streets.“The government had even approved my schemes and included in the annual development programme,” he said.
Gohar Bacha said the government had already diverted funds of another ANP MPA Bahadur Khan, PK-23, ?to PK-26.When reached on telephone, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani denied these reports.
“I can’t believe it that the chief minister would have done it. We provide funds on necessity bases and it is possible the funds were more required in another area ?than the area you are mentioning,” he said.When said this correspondent has official letters, Mushtaq Ghani said someone could have issued fake letters to defame the PTI government.“There is no way our government will do this. This is difference between us and others that we don’t differentiate between PTI MPAs and legislators of other parties,” he said.