Islamabad, February 28, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Standing Committee on Climate Change met in Committee Room No. 7, Parliament House, and Islamabad this afternoon under the Chairperson of Ms. Munaza Hassan, MNA to discuss the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the Financial Year 2022-23 and other issues pertaining to Ministry and its attached departments.
The Committee endorsed all the budgetary proposals relating to M/o Climate Change and its attached departments for the financial year 2022-23. The Committee however, directed that M/o Climate Change may take up the issue with Finance Division for timely releases of Funds so that ongoing projects could be completed without further delay.
The Committee directed that M/o Climate Change may develop proper liaison with Provincial Governments for timely completion of Federal funded Projects and also strengthen monitoring system for proper utilization of funds.
The Committee discussed the pros and cons of “The Pakistan Environmental Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2021” (moved by Mr. Ali Gohar Khan, MNA) and directed that M/o Climate Change may hold a meeting with Mover of the Bill and M/o Law and Justice to remove lacunas in the proposed legislation if any, and report to the Committee in the next meeting so that Committee could consider them accordingly.
Earlier, Secretary, M/o Climate Change briefly apprised the Committee about the efforts made by them to complete the ongoing projects within given timeframe and problems faced by them in this regard
The meeting was attended by Mr. Tahir Sadiq, MNA, Ms. Andleeb Abbas, MNA, Ms. Noreen Farooq Ibrahim Khan, MNA, Engr. Sabir Hussain Kaim Khani, and MNA. Mr. Kheso Mal Khel Das, MNA, Ms. Musarrat Asif Khawaja, MNA, Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb, MNA, Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi, MNA, Ms. Rumina Khurshid Alam, MNA, Mr. Zulfiqar Bachani, MNA, Ms. Shahida Rehmani, MNA, Mr. Afreen Khan, MNA and Mr. Ali Gohar Khan, MNA/Mover, and officials of M/o Climate Change.
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