During the meeting Governor Zubair apprised the Finance Minister about the ongoing development activities in the province of Sindh. He also discussed matters related to various Federally funded projects in the province.
The progress of the ongoing operation for realizing peace in Karachi also came under discussion and it was noted that the operation had a very positive impact on social and economic activities of the metropolis and had fully restored people’s confidence.
The Finance Minister on the occasion emphasized improvement in provision of civic amenities to the people of Karachi. He said that the improved revenue collection at the Federal level during the last four years had resulted in significantly higher transfers to Provincial governments, who were now in a much better shape in terms of availability of financial resources. He said that federal government fully supported efforts for economic development in Sindh and Prime Minister had also announced federal financing of different projects in the province. He said the government planned to raise the allocation for public sector development programme in the coming budget, and all provinces of the country including Sindh would benefit from this increase in terms of development activities and people’s well being.
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