Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have unveiled massive spending plans for FY27, but beneath the headline numbers lie glaring questions of sustainability, delivery and governance that demand scrutiny.

K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi presented a Rs2.17 trillion budget with an estimated fiscal deficit of Rs48 billion. Afridi also made a mathematically dubious claim that the province would withhold grants for the federal government until authorities restore meetings with incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, and that his government........

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