LAHORE: Provincial Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha on Saturday presided over a meeting regarding preparation before participation in second meeting of 9th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award.
The meeting was attended by Punjab Finance Secretary Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh, Special Secretary Saifullah Dogar, Budget Deputy Secretary Faisal Rasheed, Resources Deputy Secretary Masood Anwar and all concerned officers of the finance department.
Special Secretary Saifullah Dogar told the meeting that a notice had been issued to all provinces by Finance Division of the federal government for participation in the second meeting of National Finance Commission. According to the notice, second meeting of NFC Award would be held on November 28 at NFC Secretariat, he added.
Chairmen or secretaries of all the four working groups would present report of their respective working group in the meeting presided over by Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and apprise him of their views and reservations pertaining to reports of all the four groups, he said, adding after that, reports would be discussed and in the end, monitoring report of enforcement of 7th NFC Award from January to June 2016 would be presented and future strategy evolved.
Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha said that although this meeting had been convened on a very short notice, however, it was an important step towards 9th NFC Award therefore Punjab would participate in it. She said the federal government would be requested to decide NFC Award in view of facts and figures presented by all the four working groups.
Furthermore, it should be kept in view while fixing the share in National Finance Commission that per head expenditure of Punjab was less than other provinces which should at least be brought at par with other provinces, she added.
