Official documents show just Rs50 for forensic agency’s lab

LAHORE: Astonishingly, the Punjab government has proposed an allocation of just Rs50 (sic) for strengthening of satellite station of Punjab Forensic Science Agency in its budget for fiscal year 2017-18. That is if budget documents are to be believed.

Not only this, the government has also proposed Rs252 (sic) for procurement of laboratory equipment for establishment of training lab at Punjab Forensic Science Agency. Moreover, only Rs130 (sic) have been allocated for construction of Public Prosecution Offices in various districts and Rs238.813 (sic) has been set aside for the construction of six tehsil complexes.

These above mentioned allocations are mentioned under heading of “New Initiatives” of Volume 1 of the Development Programme, which seems to have been written erroneously. However, in details of these the initiatives, the exact amounts are mentioned. An allocation of Rs252 million is actually proposed for the procurement of laboratory equipment for establishment of training lab at PFSA Lahore and Rs527 million is the amount for construction of a training lab at PFSA.



For the establishment of office of district public prosecutor Narowal, an amount of Rs38 million is allocated and Rs30 million is allocated for the construction of building for centre for professional development of Public Prosecutors in Lahore.

For construction of building for the office of director general (monitoring), PPD Lahore, Rs 30 million were allocated. To establish the building for the office of district public prosecutor, Layyah, Rs11.84 million was allocated.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 3^rd, 2017.