ISLAMABAD:(HRNW) The National Assembly (NA) on Thursday once again rejected a motion seeking a supplementary grant of Rs21 billion for elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
According to details, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar presented the motion seeking funds for elections in Punjab and KP following the Supreme Court’s (SC) orders, directing the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to “allocate and release” Rs21 billion.
The meeting of the Lower House of the Parliament – which was chaired by Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf – once again rejected the motion unilaterally.
A day earlier, the federal cabinet approved that the matter for the release of Rs21 billion, initially ordered by the Supreme Court in an April 4 order, be taken to parliament for a second time.