June 24, 2008	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 19, 1429

ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board (QMMB) on Monday approved a budget of Rs63.224 million for repair and security of the mausoleum.

A meeting of the board held here at the ministry of environment allocated an amount of Rs30.661 million for repair and maintenance of the mausoleum and its allied installation.

It decided that Rs20.462 million would be spent on the salaries and other recurring expenditures.

An amount of Rs11.85 million has been set aside for operational expenditures of the mazar.

The meeting emphasised the need for urgent steps to hand over control of the mausoleum to Rangers. At present security arrangements are with a private security company.

On the request of the QMMB, some Rangers were deployed at the mausoleum but they were withdrawn later.

The meeting decided that the issue of withdrawal of Rangers would be taken up with the interior ministry and the Sindh government.

The meeting was informed that special security arrangements had been planned for the mausoleum in consultation with the Corps 5 which would be implemented after getting approval of the quarters concerned.