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Opposition grills govt over Covid funds
PTI lawmakers argue different options under study to contain pandemic
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LAHORE:
The opposition lawmakers grilled the Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government over not spending funds being collected in the name of Covid-19.
Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht admitted that no funds had been spent at the moment adding the government was focusing on the different options for the purpose of spending said funds. In the question answer session, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Rabia Nusrat put a query to the finance minister on why the funds were not being spent to control Covid-19.