Islamabad:
The Senate meeting was held in Parliament House under the chairmanship of Deputy Chairman Syedal Khan. Responding to Haji Hidayat’s questions, Prime Minister of Law Nazir Tarar said that doing business is not the job of governments, due to loss-making institutions, the national treasury is losing hundreds of thousands of rupees. Billions of losses have to be borne, employees who have been employed for a certain period will be given the option of premature retirement.
He said that the banks which were privatized are doing the best work today, three ministries have been closed.
During the question interval, Azam Tarar said that 8,747 cases of irregularities were registered in the Benazir Income Support Program, but he explained that there was no financial loss due to these irregularities as the money was recovered in all these cases. is
More than 14 crores were embezzled in the program, more than 7 crores were returned, embezzlement of 14 crores during the distribution of 12 or 1400 billion rupees is not such a big problem, there is laziness or laziness in it, compared to such a large amount. 14 crores amount is very low.
Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Raun Abbas said that it is not possible for employees to come to work in the morning and be told not to come in the evening.
The Deputy Chairman Senate expressed anger over the behavior of Senator Aoun Abbas during the meeting and issued a warning to him and said that he is calling his parliamentary leader Ali Zafar to his chamber to ensure discipline in the future.
In the meeting, the report of the Standing Committee on Petroleum was presented on the Pakistan Minerals Regulatory Authority Bill 2024. The report of the Standing Committee on Petroleum regarding the details and reasons for providing an annual subsidy of 17 billion rupees to the price of fertilizer producer Zuko Gas was also presented. Adjourned till half past ten.
