Peshawar
January 22, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has a strong commitment to consolidate and continue with Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms in the province.
According to an official handout, these reforms include formulation of an overarching legal framework in the form of PFM Law with an objective to ensure fiscal discipline, improve financial sustainability, enhance efficiency for better service delivery, bring transparency and strengthen accountability in the PFM systems of the province.
The Sub National Governance (SNG) Programme is providing technical support to the Finance Department in the formulation of the draft PFM Law, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority Act and Tax on Services Act. A deliberation session on the draft PFM Law, developed by the Finance Department with the technical support of SNG was chaired by Minister for Finance and Health Taimur Salim Khan Jhagra.