LAHORE - The budget committee of the PML-Q has issued a 19-point questionnaire to flay the performance of the Punjab government during financial year 2008-09.
Opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer ud Din and MPA Moonis Elahi, who are heading the committee, termed the fiscal year 08-09 as utter disappointment.
The committee comprising Mohsin Laghari, Muhammad Yar Hiraj and others also announced to issue a dossier over the financial efficiency of the provincial government after the presentation of Budget 2009-10.
The questionnaire alleges that in 2008-09, a Rs 160 billion development budget was announced by Shahbaz-led government which promised to constitute price control board, launch air-conditioned buses for students, generate 350-megawatt electricity, establish cold storage for perishable commodities in 10 districts etc, from these funds but none of the announced ‘projects’ could be fulfilled so far.
The PML-Q budget committee questions that “why the conversion of the CM Secretariat to (women) IT University is not finalized” yet, as promised previously by the Punjab government.
It further says that announcement was made to sell out luxury cars, but “when they (cars) were sold, what was their selling price and under what head the amount was utilized.”
The committee in its questionnaire has further asked that “how many roads the provincial government constructed during one year; did farmers receive actual price of wheat and flour or whether promise to purchase single grain of wheat was fulfilled.”
“The Punjab government announced to provide free of cost medicines to the patients of all the public hospitals. But this facility was withdrawn even from the emergency wards of the hospitals,” the committee alleged.
It further said that promise was made by the N-led government to establish model schools in the province. Public wants to know how many model schools have been set up.
“The Punjab government, during the budget speech, announced to provide low-cost houses to low-paid citizens at the cost of Rs 1 billion. The committee questions that how many houses have been constructed in one year. It also asks that under the green tractor scheme “how many tractors are given to small cultivators.”
The provincial government pledged to earmark Rs 5 billion to equip 4,574 secondary schools with modern computer labs. The committee questions that “how many laboratories have been set up in educational institutions.”
Opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer ud Din and MPA Moonis Elahi, who are heading the committee, termed the fiscal year 08-09 as utter disappointment.
The committee comprising Mohsin Laghari, Muhammad Yar Hiraj and others also announced to issue a dossier over the financial efficiency of the provincial government after the presentation of Budget 2009-10.
The questionnaire alleges that in 2008-09, a Rs 160 billion development budget was announced by Shahbaz-led government which promised to constitute price control board, launch air-conditioned buses for students, generate 350-megawatt electricity, establish cold storage for perishable commodities in 10 districts etc, from these funds but none of the announced ‘projects’ could be fulfilled so far.
The PML-Q budget committee questions that “why the conversion of the CM Secretariat to (women) IT University is not finalized” yet, as promised previously by the Punjab government.
It further says that announcement was made to sell out luxury cars, but “when they (cars) were sold, what was their selling price and under what head the amount was utilized.”
The committee in its questionnaire has further asked that “how many roads the provincial government constructed during one year; did farmers receive actual price of wheat and flour or whether promise to purchase single grain of wheat was fulfilled.”
“The Punjab government announced to provide free of cost medicines to the patients of all the public hospitals. But this facility was withdrawn even from the emergency wards of the hospitals,” the committee alleged.
It further said that promise was made by the N-led government to establish model schools in the province. Public wants to know how many model schools have been set up.
“The Punjab government, during the budget speech, announced to provide low-cost houses to low-paid citizens at the cost of Rs 1 billion. The committee questions that how many houses have been constructed in one year. It also asks that under the green tractor scheme “how many tractors are given to small cultivators.”
The provincial government pledged to earmark Rs 5 billion to equip 4,574 secondary schools with modern computer labs. The committee questions that “how many laboratories have been set up in educational institutions.”
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