INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: Jordan
PM Abbasi abolishes ADF, announces Rs1 trillion funds for FATA upliftISLAMABAD: Prime Minister
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has announced that Agency Development Fund (ADF) has been withdrawn from the federally-administered tribal areas (FATA)
addition to the annual development budget
The government, he said, was fully committed to provide funds for the progress and prosperity of FATA
He said that local body elections would also be held before October 2018 so that people could elect their representatives.The prime minister
said that peace had already been restored in the tribal agencies due to the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan army
Talking about the next general elections, he said that the government would consult with parliamentary leaders to reach a consensus on the
