No foreign aid: Punjab prepared ‘to face consequences’

Only 18 ongoing projects will be affected if foreign aid is stopped: Law minister.

FAISALABAD:

Law minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan said on Wednesday that only 18 ongoing development projects would be affected by the provincial government’s decision of not relying on foreign aid. He said these projects would be completed after funds were generated for them from province’s resources.

He said the provincial government had decided to “to say good bye” to foreign assistance in the interest of the country’s future. He said the government had made alternative arrangements and would mobilise its own resources to make sure that development works were not affected. He said non-development expenditures would be reduced in this regard.

He rejected that the decision was meant to embarrass the federal government and said that the move was meant to rid the country from foreign countries interference.

Sanaullah also attended the 8th convocation of the Pakistan Medical College on Wednesday. He was the chief guest at the occasion. .

Published in The Express Tribune, May 19^th, 2011.