Small road projects to be handed over to provincial and local governments

Roads Department officials have welcomed the move as a good step towards implementing federalism.

Following a recent government announcement to either scrap or transfer around 1400 small road projects to provincial or local governments, officials are considering transferring the projects to sub-national governments. The government made the announcement in the replacement bill for the budget ordinance, which was passed by the lower house amid protest by the opposition on Monday. The bill still needs to pass through the upper house.