The Enigma of 11th NFC Award: Implications for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Abstract
Abstract
The 11th National Finance Commission Award is one of the most important awards in the federation of Pakistan for focusing on the due share of the merged district of the erstwhile areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The 25th Constitutional Amendment made a landmark in 2018 when the tribal areas of the country were merged in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but still no financial benefits have been accrued to the areas after the merger. Objective of the study focuses on the enigma of the 11th NFC Award and its implications for the federation of Pakistan since the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been suffering since the incorporation of the 25th Amendment that brought about the merger of these territories of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Main findings of the study comprise the sense of deprivation on part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, lack of finance resources and the need for the reallocation and readjustment of the resources to meet the needs of the people of the FATA after mergence in to the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
