Ashraf made the remarks during a meeting with Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, the "Prime Minister" of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, an official statement said.
Majeed thanked the federal government for including important projects for PoK like medical colleges and the Kohala-Muzaffarabad road in the budget for development programmes fiscal year.
He also appreciated the federal cabinet's decision to facilitate overseas Pakistanis by introducing a bill to give people with dual nationality the right to contest elections in Pakistan.