KP govt to give relief to masses in budget: minister

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Public Health Engineering Malik Pakhtun Yar Khan said on Thursday that the provincial government would give considerable relief to the masses in the upcoming budget.

Speaking to the media here after inaugurating a filtration plant in a new fruit and vegetable market, he said that several important announcements would be made in the provincial assembly session related to economic relief for the people.

He said that their protest against the decision of the Election Commission on reserved seats would continue until justice was served, adding that a new constitutional crisis was looming over the country and taking it to a more serious situation.

Earlier, the Provincial Minister inaugurated a filtration plant installed at a cost of Rs05 million. Malik Iqbal Jadoon Khan, Haji Malik Muhammadullah Wazir, Additional Deputy Commissioner Hamid Iqbal, TM Yousaf Khan, and Fruit Vegetable Market President Mian Rehman Shah were also present on this occasion.