I could find more Mai stream sources for this. But no single source ha e covered this issue in-depth lime this one. So I am sharing a paragraph from it as well as the link
"while the merger was underway, the federal government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had pledged an additional 3 percent share in the NFC to KP. However, instead of ensuring this increase, the federal government merely requested the provincial governments of Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan to reduce their own NFC shares to accommodate KP’s additional allocation. This proposal met with serious objections from all provinces, who opposed any reduction in their own shares.
Almost six years after the merger of FATA with KP, it appears that the PML-N government’s commitment to a 3 percent increase during the passage of the 25th Constitutional Amendment in 2018 was merely a political maneuver to placate the then PTI-led provincial government. The PML-N seemingly had neither the plan nor the means to implement this increase. Subsequently, when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) formed the federal government under Prime Minister Imran Khan, it could only appeal to the other provinces to adjust their shares."".
As relations between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and the federal government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its allies have further deteriorated over political issues, the two federal entities appear to be on a collision...
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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Wednesday urged all the provinces to fulfill their commitment for the provision of three percent of their National Finance Commission (NFC) share for the development of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Replying...
dailytimes.com.pk