Pakistan In Focus - Ministry withdraws pkr 70bn covid-related scheme.

The federal government's response to mitigate the impact of a deadly respiratory disease on the lives of people remains slow as it has not yet been able to approve about half-a-billion-dollar or Rs70 billion Covid-19 project.

The Ministry of Planning and Development on Wednesday withdrew the Covid-19 Responsive and other Natural Calamities Control Programme costing Rs70 billion at the eleventh hour due to the lack of consensus among its officials.

The project had been presented - for the second time - for approval of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), chaired by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Jehanzeb Khan. The CDWP approved...