ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday authorized an additional grant of 23 billion rupees to the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in the paramount national interest.
It was apprised in a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in Islamabad with Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb in the chair.
AJK Government’s Technical Supplementary Grant
The committee gave approval to the summary for the provision of 23 billion rupees as an Additional Grant to the AJK Government through a Technical Supplementary Grant (TSG) as proposed by the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The meeting was attended by Power Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain, Petroleum Minister Musadik Masood Malik and Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan.
