The federal government did not provide funds to the Election Commission for the elections in Punjab but sanctioned money for development projects. CDWP meeting was held under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal, an amount of more than 76 billion rupees was approved for development projects in the meeting.
Three development projects worth Rs 76 billion 50 crore were approved. 69 billion 44 crore rupees rural development project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was transferred to ECNIC. The project for the construction of Emamiya Colony Railway Crossing highway was approved.
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Planning, the project will cost 3 billion 95 crore rupees, a health support program costing more than 3 billion rupees has also been approved.
The deadline for providing funds for the expenses of conducting elections in Punjab has expired yesterday. According to the order of the Supreme Court, the government had to give Rs.Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the money bill related to election expenses in the National Assembly, which the House sent to the Standing Committee.
He had said that when the selected government was removed, we got a ruined economy, PTI is trying hard to make the country bankrupt, suspicions were spread on my foreign visit, PTI leadership is trying to spread chaos in the country. These people have come down to anti-nationalism.
Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar has presented the Punjab Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Charged Expenditure Bill 2023 in the National Assembly regarding the decision of the Supreme Court to release funds to the Election Commission for the elections of the assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while declaring the situation of the country unfavorable for elections. .