Govt is Allocating Rs. 2.1 Trillion for Development Programs in Budget 2021-22: Asad Umar
The Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, announced that the National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the allocation of Rs. 2.10 trillion for the country’s development program.
This included Rs. 87 billion for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for 2021-22 against Rs. 1,527 billion for 2020-21, with an increase of 36.4 percent.
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Flanked by the Chairman of the CPEC Authority, Asim Saleem Bajwa, during his briefing regarding the allocations for the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP), Minister Umar said that the allocation for the federal development budget is Rs. 900 billion for 2021-22 against Rs. 650 billion for 2020-21, while the provincial development budget is Rs. 1,202 billion for 2021-22 against Rs. 867 billion for 2020-21.
Illegal timber worth Rs2m seized in Murree
Smugglers arrested and fined SAMAA | Zafar Iqbal Rahim Posted: May 22, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
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The forest department in Murree has seized a large quantity of illegal timber during a raid two days ago.
A forest officer said that timber was being taken from Azad Kashmir to Islamabad. He estimated its price to be around Rs2 million.
The smugglers were arrested and a fine was imposed on them too.
On December 4, 2020 Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a crackdown against the
âAs we grow more trees with the Billion Tree Tsunami Project, the need to protect trees increases,â Special Assistant on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said, adding that expanding the green cover in the country was imperative to curb the effects of global warming and climate change. âWe [the government] have decided to preserve trees dating back hundreds of years and will call the
‘Simplifying’ climate change response
The world’s policy on climate change has failed to do a bit to contain the rising greenhouse emissions level
The writer is a journalist based in Karachi. He can be reached at [email protected]
Marked by disenchantment and duality, the world’s policy on climate change has failed to do a bit to contain the rising greenhouse emissions level, and thereby the global warming, dragging the Planet Earth to the grave piecemeal. While a conscious and educated developed world is at least making some effort to offset the consequences of their industrial and commercial pursuits, here in Pakistan the complexity is ‘oversimplified’ and the official policy is narrowed down to planting trees only. Strangely though, our prime minister appears to believe that the global take is far premature than his ‘mature’ vision.
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