Islamabad:

The Senate’s Standing Committee on Economic Affairs fell hard on the Sindh government on Thursday and claimed that irregularities were committed in house constructions in flood -redressed areas as well as the distribution of the solar panels in the province.

Committee Chair Senator Saifullah Abro expressed summoned Sindh Chief Secretary in the next meeting and sought details of the cost of the EU grant. Abro warned that if the details were not delivered, the donor would be assessed on the irregularities through a letter.

The Planning Commission for Sindh assured the committee to present the details of the expenses at the next meeting. The committee also sought details of the Colombo Plan projects – a regional intergovernmental initiative to promote economic and social development in Asia – at the next meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, the President expressed anger over Sindh and Balochistan for not providing details of the costs of the projects under the EU grant. “If Sindh does not give details, we will write to the donors that irregularities are committed, he added.

“Instead of building houses for flood -affected people, someone else’s houses is being built. In a trade union council in Larkana [UC] The chairman’s house is being built. The Sindh planning department should explain why this is happening, ”he added.

Economic Affairs Secretary Dr. Kazim Niaz told the committee that the ministry had given the details of 2022 to the committee. He said Pakistan received $ 10 billion to deal with the floods in 2022. ”The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank gave concession loans at a low interest rate,” he said.

The secretary said the World Bank has given $ 1 billion for the construction of houses for flooded people. “The international financial institutions have praised the role of Pakistan in the handling of climate change,” he said.