MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Javed Murtaza Abbasi said on Sunday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had failed to serve the people affected by the recent floods in the province.

“The federal government has been paying Rs1 million each to the heirs of those who lost their lives in the recent calamity in the KP and also in rest of the country,” he said while speaking at the cheques distribution ceremony held in the district council building here.

MNA Mohammad Sajjad Awan was also present on the occasion.

Mr Abbasi said that he would hand over Rs18 million cheques to those whose loved ones had lost their lives in Mansehra district during the recent flash floods.

He said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had been leading from the front and personally supervising the relief and rehabilitation activities across the country.

He criticised the Khyber

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2022

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