Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to include special development projects in the budget for the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.

During a meeting with the MNAs from the merged KP districts, the prime minister said that the development of the people of the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was among the top priorities of the government.

Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Sajid Hussain Turi and MNAs including Mohsin Dawar and Muhammad Jamaluddin called on the prime minister in Islamabad.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and other senior officials concerned were also present in the meeting.

The delegation gave proposals to the prime minister on measures and development projects to solve the problems of the merged KP districts.

The prime minister welcomed the suggestions and issued instructions to the authorities concerned to include the development projects in the budget.