PHO-TO: EXPRESSThe Punjab government has approved funds worth over Rs1.37 billion to be released through ruling party’s lawmakers for neighbourhood development schemes in Rawalpindi, sources said on Monday. The work on the development projects is expected to start this month while the deadline, for small projects, has been set as December 31. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government intends to finish all development schemes before the local bodies’ elections to earn public support and win local bodies elections. There are 3,563 urban neighbourhood councils and over 21,000 village punchayats in the province. The union councils in urban areas have been replaced by neighbourhood councils and in rural areas by punchayats.

Source: The Express Tribune October 06, 2020 04:30 UTC