The ECC directed a committee setup by Prime Minister Imran Khan to give its report on the needs of the armed forces. The decision to approve the additional budget for the country’s armed forces has been taken a week after skirmishes between India and Pakistan. The ECC also approved the supplementary budget for capacity enhancement of the civil armed forces for management of the western borders. The government has started various projects for capacity enhancement of civil armed forces through raising of additional wings of Frontier Corps Balochistan. The ECC approved allocation of 9MMCFD gas from Fazl X-I filed to M/s SSGCL for a period of ten years for provision to Hala Joint Venture.

Source: The Express Tribune March 05, 2019 17:26 UTC