‘Funds for new dam no problem’

Published September 17, 2003

LAHORE, Sept 16: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday funds for the new dam which the government wanted to take in hand next year would not be a problem

Talking to newsmen, he said the government had not yet decided as to which of the two dams — Kalabagh and Bhasha — was to be constructed first.

Answering a question regarding the forex issue, he said a task force comprising officials of the SBP and the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan was looking into the matter.—APP

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