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Advisor to the Prime Minister
Mian Raza Rabbani on Friday answering the questions
in Senate, has informed the House that under 18th
constitutional amendment five Ministries have been shifted
to the Provinces and all the procedures regarding shifting
of their staff and assets to the provinces would be
completed by 30th of June this year.
He said in the first phase
development projects of five Ministries have been
transferred to the provinces from the federal government
which include Local Government, Special Initiatives, Youth,
Zakat and Usher and Population Welfare.
Minister of State for Economic
Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar informed the House that at present
there are over three million tax payers in the country
however the government is committed to enhance this number
and increase it up to the thirty per cent of the population
to give a boost to revenue collection.
To another question she said
the federal government provided a net subsidy of over 146
billion rupees to WAPDA and PEPCO during the last financial
year.
The Minister said the
government has borrowed 284 billion rupees from State Bank
and other local banks during the current financial year
however it is government’s endeavour to bring down the local
borrowing by enhancing external finances.
The Senate began its 67th
session at the Parliament House Islamabad this morning with
Chairman Farooq H. Naek in the Chair.
The Chairman announced a panel
of presiding officers for the current session, which include
Islamuddin Sheikh, Afrasayab Khattak and Abdul Ghaffar
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