Opposition Leader Dr. Ibadullah Khan alleged in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Tuesday that the Chief Minister’s Secretariat had consumed tea and biscuits worth Rs110 million (11 crore).

 

During the debate on the Rs240 billion supplementary budget, Dr. Khan strongly criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government for making tall claims about good governance in the province. “These people talk about good governance, yet these figures are publicly available on official websites,” he remarked, citing the extravagant expenditure on food at the CM's secretariat.

 

He further stated that tabling such a massive supplementary budget exposed the PTI government’s incompetence.

 

Drawing a comparison between two provinces, he said that the expenses of the KP CM House are Rs1.5 billion, while in Punjab, they are Rs1.4 billion.

 

Ibadullah further alleged Rs200 billion corruption in the province during the current year, claiming that the amount was highlighted in the Auditor General’s report..

 

The Leader of the Opposition stressed that the government should justify the additional budget to both the House and the public.

 

“Systematic corruption is openly happening in all departments. I regularly receive corruption reports and will lay them before the house soon,” he claimed.

 

Last week, the KP government incurred a supplementary budget of Rs 240.0137 billion for the outgoing financial year 2024-25. The amount includes Rs 192.7442 billion in head of current expenditure and an additional Rs 47.2695 billion for the development.

 

On Tuesday, law minister Aftab Alam Khan claimed that of the current expenditure allocations, Rs150 billion was “invested in debt management fund” instead of being spent by the government.

 

The chair later put off the session until today (Wednesday) amid a lack of quorum.