PESHAWAR: Advisor to KP CM on Finance Muzzammil Aslam has said that federal tax revenues are expected to fall short by 800 to 1,000 billion rupees in the current fiscal year, while the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) has been reduced by 180 billion rupees.

In a statement issued here from his office on Wednesday, Muzzammil Aslam stated that as a result of these two measures, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will face a shortfall of 120 billion rupees in its receipts.

He further said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has spent more than 10 billion rupees on flood relief, 15 billion rupees on the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and approximately 10 billion rupees on fuel compensation for motorcyclists, farmers, and buses.

Muzzammil Aslam added that all these financial pressures have reached around 150 billion rupees for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone, and the burden of expenses is still ongoing.