ISLAMABAD: The current caretaker government, led by Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, is set to release Rs 29 billion in development funds for the first time in the country’s history, The News reported Wednesday.
The federal cabinet also formed a 24-member steering committee — headed by caretaker Minister for Communications Shahid Ashraf Tarar — to oversee and oversee the release of funds, official sources said Has given.
Committee, which includes four caretaker ministers, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN), Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI)، The Jamiat Al-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) consists of senators from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), People’s National Party (ANP)، Senior officials from the National Party (NP), Pakhtunkhwa Milli People’s Party (PKMAP) and relevant ministries and divisions.
The previous government led by Shahbaz Sharif had allocated Rs. 90 billion for development funds for the financial year 2023-2024 out of which Rs. 61 billion was issued in four months Were.
Sources said that the PPP and other parties have raised the issue of failure to release the remaining development funds.
Headed by the caretaker Minister for Communications, Federal Ministers in the Steering Committee Sarfraz Bugti, Dr. Nadeem Jan, Madad Ali Sindhi; Senators Danish Kumar (BAP)، Palusha Khan (PPP), Irfan Siddiqui (PML-N), Mohsin Aziz (PTI), Kamran Murtaza (JUI-F)، Syed Faisal Subsori (MQM-P), Tahir Bazanjo (NP), Arbab Omar Farouk (ANP), Sardar Mohammad Shafiq Tarin (PkMAP) and Federal Secretaries for Finance، Planning and development, petroleum, electricity, housing and development.
The steering committee also includes the Chairman of the Punjab Planning and Development Board and the Additional Secretaries of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh Development. It will also have the power to cancel or stop the issuance of development funds for any scheme.
The caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi said when he contacted him to comment on the formation of the steering committee that it was not to his knowledge.
“I has no knowledge of it, ” he said in One Liner۔
