Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, taking serious notice of incurring huge expenditures on account payments of pensions, has ordered a high-level inquiry. On this, the chief minister said that the amount being spent on payments of pension was quite huge and seemed to be dubious. During 2015-16, Rs 650.9 billion were received, in 2016-17 Rs 692.9 billion and in 2017-18 Rs 854.3 billion were expected to be received. Murad Ali Shah was also informed that straight transfer from the federal government was Rs 518 billion in 2015-16, Rs 539.9 billion in 2016-17, Rs 654.6 billion in 2017-18. The chief minister directed his finance and planning & development team to make budget strategy, particularly of development as per projected figures.

Source: Pakistan Today January 18, 2018 15:11 UTC