Summary Punjab govt has allocated funds for 40 ministers.
LAHORE (Dunya News)- Documents reveal existence of seven ghost ministers in Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet as Punjab government has issued uplift funds for 40 ministers against the 33 listed in the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2017-18.
The budget document, compiled and presented by the Punjab government, states that the numbers of provincial ministers have increased to 40 from 25.
The matter becomes further complicated from the conflictory statements of cabinet wing services and general administration department and the finance department. The earlier counts number of minsters up to 33 while the latter has allocated funds for as much as 40 ministers.
On June 2, Punjab Finance Minister Ayesha Ghous Pasha presented provincial budget for fiscal year 2017-18 worth Rs. 1935 billion on Friday.
Initially, 10 percent raise in salaries and pensions of government employees has been recommend. Also, about six lac and seventy thousand people will receive loans under the Self-Employment Scheme.
