Old enough: #KP govt plans to set marriage age at 18
The provincial government plans to table a bill in the next assembly session to ban the marriage of those under the age of 18.
At the ‘Understanding young girls and mothers’ issues’ consultative workshop on Wednesday, treasury bench MPA Ziaullah Bangash apprised the attendants of the government’s plans to place an age ban. The event had been organised by Rahnuma Family Planning Association and CARE International Pakistan.
The number rumble: #KPBudget continues to be pummeled in assembly
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) budget continued to take a battering from opposition leaders in the provincial assembly session on Wednesday.
The session kicked off with scathing criticism from Qaumi Watan Party’s (QWP) parliamentary leader Sikandar Khan Sherpao over the figures contained in the budget document.
In his incisive inquisition of the numbers, Sherpao insisted the budget was not balanced and that the finance department was trying to hide this fact.
He claimed the total deficit stood at Rs64 billion, which was about 15% of the budget. The QWP leader added that on May 22 Minister for Finance Sirajul Haq acknowledged a Rs22 billion deficit in a public statement, but yet on June 14 presented a ‘balanced’ budget.
Khattak said Hangu has been allocated Rs2.5 billion, Peshawar Rs1.7 billion, Charsadda Rs1.6 billion, Nowshera Rs1.7 billion, Mardan Rs850 million, Lower and Upper Dir Rs1.1 billion each, Haripur Rs1.7 billion while Hazara division as a whole will get Rs10 billion for development. He hence argued allegations of disparity in distribution of funds bore no weight.