PESHAWAR, Jun 20 (APP):Awami National Party (ANP) has categorically rejected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial budget for fiscal year 2026–27, labelling it a systematic conspiracy designed to push the province toward economic, educational, and administrative disaster. In a statement issued from Bacha Khan Markaz on Saturday, ANP Provincial President Mian Iftikhar Hussain slammed fiscal plan as mere wordplay and a manipulation of figures. He criticized ruling government of PTI for continuing to …
ANP rejects KP Budget, accuses PTI Govt of buying lawmakers’ loyalty with empty projects
PESHAWAR, Jun 20 (APP):Awami National Party (ANP) has categorically rejected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial budget for fiscal year 2026–27, labelling it a systematic conspiracy designed to push the province toward economic, educational, and administrative disaster.
In a statement issued from Bacha Khan Markaz on Saturday, ANP Provincial President Mian Iftikhar Hussain slammed fiscal plan as mere wordplay and a manipulation of figures.
He criticized ruling government of PTI for continuing to mislead public despite being in power for 13 years, pointing out stark contradictions in numbers. He said that while the government claims a budget deficit of Rs 48 billion, it simultaneously allocated Rs 52.8 billion to non-existent district governments, an act he described as a deliberate attempt to throw dust in eyes of public.
He charged that this is not a genuine development strategy but rather a calculated plan to buy political loyalty of disgruntled assembly members, effectively putting future of entire province at stake for personal interests.
Furthermore, Iftikhar Hussain highlighted a severe neglect of human development, education, and health. He pointed out that while 4.5 million children remain out of school in the province, a paltry Rs 5 billion was allocated to address crisis, whereas road infrastructure received nearly three times funding of entire educational development sector.
He also questioned why Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) continues to guzzle billions in subsidies and why Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs) expenses keep skyrocketing while basic healthcare projects across province remain starved of funds, warning that thousands of public projects are now left in a limbo that could take up to 30 years to complete.
He added that budget offers little to no meaningful relief for salaried class, laborers, farmers, small traders, and struggling middle class.
Hussain lamented that after more than a decade of rule, province’s internal revenue generation remains negligible, leaving it financially crippled and heavily reliant on Islamabad.
With 92 percent of current budget dependent on federal transfers, Hussain declared that past claims of provincial autonomy, economic revolution, and systemic change have proven to be entirely false, leaving Khyber Pakhtunkhwa more financially fragile and dependent than ever.
Calling the budget a failed attempt to hide political expediencies, ANP demanded that provincial government stop misleading masses, bring true financial facts, and redirect public resources toward genuine development, education, healthcare, and employment.
