ECC assents Rs3.2b for PIA, Rs100m for locust eradication in Punjab.

ISLAMABAD -- The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved various supplementary grants including for controlling locust and for Pakistan International Airline Corporation Limited.

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the ECC. The ECC has approved technical supplementary grants worth Rs3.2 billion for PIACL (Pakistan International Airline corporation Limited) to discharge the obligations on account of mark-up against GoP guaranteed loans.

The ECC has also approved grants of Rs25,206,953 in favour of Pakistan Academy for Rural Development (PARD) Peshawar for the current financial year and Rs1300 million to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission to discharge its various liabilities. It has approved Rs235 million to Deputy Commissioner Islamabad for making payment of internal security duty allowance to troops of Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) deployed in Islamabad and Rs500 million to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to meet the expenditure of media campaign on COVID-19. The meeting has also approved Rs100 million for National Disaster Management Authority (NDMF) for procuring equipment for locust control in Punjab and Rs7.947 billion to NDMA on account of procurement of emergency equipment through Pakistan Foreign Mission in China (Ex-post Facto approval on account of Pakistan National Emergency Preparedness and Response for COVID-19, procurement of equipment and transfer of funds. It has approved Rs4.5 billion for the capacity building of Civil Armed forces as requested by the Ministry of Interior and Rs80 million for Competition Commission of Pakistan for different expenses.

The ECC has approved Rs 100 million for the purchase of kerosene oil by Head Quarters Frontier Corps KP (North) to be used in different locations posts (8000 feet and above) and Rs8.093 million for the Privatization Division for employee related expenditure. It has approved Two...