LAHORE, May 18: There is no likelihood of Khushhal Pakistan Programme funds provided to the city district remaining unutilized, the district accounts officer said on Saturday.

He said Rs91 million KPP funds were available for the completion of various road projects in the city district at the time of the induction of the city government on Aug 14 last year. Out of this Rs87 million had already been utilized. The remaining Rs4 million would also be utilized by the end of June.

WORKSHOP: The training workshop for tehsil municipal officers and tehsil officers (Finance) will be held at the office of the Local Government director general on May 20 and 21. Earlier it was proposed to hold the workshop at the Jinnah Hall.

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