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02 > MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF MINISTER GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 2020-21 budget, like its people, is a budget of resilience. We are facing an unprecedented challenge - a global pandemic - that is threatening our lives and livelihoods. And yet, we must look at this as impetus for real change. Change in the way we think. Change in the way we behave. It will take sheer commitment and willingness to adapt on our part to realize this change. The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is fully committed to helping its people navigate this change. We are focused on strengthening our health service delivery chain, providing social protection to our citizens, creating economic stabilization avenues and generating jobs where recession is looming. While we deal with the medium-term challenge of this pandemic, we will not forget our resolve to invest in our province's untapped potential. This is reflected in our planned development spending being comparable to last year's Annual Development Programme spending. My team and I will also ensure that our government also changes in the way it functions. We are already being extremely prudent in our discretionary current expenditure and have expedited institutional change that will lead to significant cost savings. Doing so will create fiscal space for us to continue spending on critical service delivery and generating economic growth. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Budget 2020-21 reflects our commitment towards building resilience for the medium-term and setting up the stage to realize our investments in the province's development in the long term. My team and I will work tirelessly to help us see this pandemic through and then accelerate on the road to reform. Mahmood Khan Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa www.finance.gkp.pk

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