Govt withdraws Rs250 million infrastructure grant

The federal government on Wednesday withdrew its decision to give a quarter of a billion rupees to a private foundation for an infrastructure project, which it had earlier allocated in a non-transparent manner while using the inflation-bitten taxpayers' money. The government had allocated funds for The Noorani Foundation (TNF) without setting any criteria and despite the fact that social sector was not the responsibility of the centre under the constitution. Last month, the Ministry of Finance sanctioned a grant of Rs250 million for The Noorani Foundation for the construction of a school building. The funding was approved under grant number 45, which is meant for subsidies and miscellaneous expenditures of the federal government.