“Yes, we have diverted some amount from the CPEC head but there are other heads too from where the amount was diverted,” the minister said. Rs24 billion has been diverted from grant number 137, which is related to CPEC and other initiatives, according to official documents of the Ministry of Planning and Development. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) administration has begun the journey with an Rs29-billion spending plan for its first year in power. The CPEC and other initiatives have a total approved allocation of Rs27 billion and diversion of Rs24 billion suggest that CPEC projects will be adversely affected. The discretionary spending is also a violation of the Supreme Court’s judgement in the discretionary spending case of former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.

Source: Pakistan Today April 12, 2019 16:30 UTC