Petroleum Division s Rs4.643b budgetary proposals approved
The committee members desired that an amount of Rs3491.580 million required for all gas schemes
Budget deficit during the July-November period of current fiscal year was about 5% higher than the same period of last year. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Energy (Petroleum Division) on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over inordinate delay in completion of gas supply schemes pending for the last several years.
The committee meeting, chaired by Imran Khattak, was of the view that the Petroleum Division should make efforts to get the unfinished schemes revalidated after the closure of financial year.
The government on Tuesday told a parliamentary panel that there was no chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority at present as members of the National Assembly had challenged the legal status of the defunct agency and the functioning of its top management. AP/File
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday told a parliamentary panel that there was no chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority at present as members of the National Assembly had challenged the legal status of the defunct agency and the functioning of its top management.
After interesting discussions and a brief break to allow senior officials of the Ministry of Planning and Development to seek clarifications, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives deferred “The China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2020” to its next meeting.