Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi in a meeting with PTI leaders on Sunday at Governor House KP discussed the province\u2019s constitutional and economic rights, stressing on the need to present a firm case before the federal government to ensure \u201cjustice and fair treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a social media post on X, Governor Kundi said that PTI leaders, including former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, MNA Junaid Akber, and other parliamentarians, called on him for a \u201cconstructive exchange on the pressing issues of KP\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe discussed the province\u2019s constitutional and economic rights, including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) closures, wheat concerns, National Finance Commission (NFC) matters, and the challenges faced by the merged districts and the business community,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
The meeting comes less than a week after KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi had announced<\/a> observing a province-wide pen-down strike over the federal government\u2019s alleged \u201cdiscrimination\u201d against KP in the NFC Award, electricity and gas.<\/p>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Since taking charge as the province\u2019s chief executive in October 2025, Afridi has\u00a0repeatedly<\/u><\/a>\u00a0accused the Centre of stalling the release of funds allocated to KP, particularly those\u00a0committed to the merged districts<\/u><\/a> under the NFC Award. He had also condemned<\/a> the Punjab government\u2019s tighter controls<\/a> on inter-provincial movement of wheat and flour through a permit regime to curb price hikes within the province.<\/p>\n The KP government in March requested the federal government to revise the NFC resource distribution formula on the basis of the region\u2019s population, which would increase the province\u2019s share<\/a> from the existing 14.62 per cent to 18.96pc. Subsequently, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb had assured his \u201cfull support<\/u><\/a>\u201d to Afridi for the \u201cresolution of all legitimate issues\u201d as the two met in Islamabad.<\/p>\n