Pakistan COVID Package
Pakistani government fails to provide full Covid-19 relief as PM pledged in economic package: Reports
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has failed to transfer full relief promised by Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Economic Stimulus Package during Covid-19, media reports said on Friday.
According to details shared in the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry has released only Rs 186 billion out of the total Rs 500 billion, which are only 37 percent of the total amount promised by the Prime Minister, reports The Nation.
Under the PM package, relief to daily wagers was promised Rs 200 billion but actual release was only Rs 16 billion, funding to the utilities stores was Rs 50 billion but it got only Rs 10 billion, subsidies to power and gas were Rs 100 billion but the sector received only Rs 15 billion, the newspaper reported.
The Secretary Finance informed the committee that a total of Rs 1,240 billion were planned to be spent for corona-related activities that includes Rs 365 billion non-cash and Rs 875 billion cash expenditures.
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