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| 11 April 2005 | Monday | 01 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426 |
Govt to spend Rs5bn on education in Balochistan
HUB, April 10: The federal government will provide Rs5 billion to the Balochistan government for its campaign to raise literacy and upgrade education. This was stated by Chief Minister Jam Yousuf while presiding over a cabinet meeting here on Sunday. Mr Yousuf said the federal government and foreign donors, including the World Bank and the IMF, were ready to give funds to strengthen industrial, livestock and health sectors.
The cabinet decided to ensure maximum access to people to official documents, which would help check corruption in the public sector. Soon a draft bill would be presented in the provincial assembly to give the decision a concrete shape.
It was decided to computerize the revenue department’s Patwar Khana and Mehfooz Khana to check corruption and tempering the record.
The meeting decided to deploy police and levies to stop land grabbers.
It expressed satisfaction over harmony among coalition partners of the provincial government.
The cabinet was told that the process of auction of unserviceable vehicles had been initiated. It directed all the departments to furnish details of vehicles under their use.
It ordered imposition of a ban on transfer of liquor licenses from one district to another and cancellation of such licenses immediately.
It approved an amendment to the Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964, to empower the high court and subordinate courts to transfer cases from a family court in one district to another.
It ordered acceleration of work on the Quetta water supply project and directed the Quetta Electricity Supply Company to disconnect connections to unauthorized tube-wells around the provincial capital. It approved release of Rs20 million for the Water and Sewerage Authority.
It directed the cabinet sub-committees to submit their reports at the earliest.
Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasih, Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah, Excise and Taxation Minister Amanullah Nautazai, Coastal Development Minister Sher Jan Baloch and Fisheries Minister Asghar Rind were among the 24 ministers who attended the meeting.—APP/PPI
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