ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians to get whopping Rs61.2 billion under development schemes ahead of general elections, scheduled later this year, ARY News reported, quoting official documents.
According to ARY News, it has been decided to issue Rs61.26 billion in just three months under the parliamentarians’ development schemes،
The incumbent government allocated Rs90 billion for MPs development schemes in FY2023-24 and out of which Rs41 billion will be released for the lawmakers during the first three months of the fiscal year. ۔
According to the document, it has been decided to issue Rs20 billion, the amount that lapsed in FY2022-23 before the election،
The Ministry of Finance has allowed the issuance of funds for MPs’ schemes۔
The document shows that the Ministry of Finance has okayed the release of Rs61.26 for parliamentarians’ schemes from July to September.
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