Daily Times - ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday received information of startling amounts of stipends being paid to some rulers of former princely states and their dependants who had acceded to Pakistan.
The records placed before the House showed that the talukdar of Sultanabad was getting Rs 600 per month as maintenance allowance from the government. Dependents of the late nawab of Junagadh were getting Rs 300, while his widow was getting Rs 50,000, sheikh sahib of Manrol was getting Rs 6,300, khan of Nanavadar Rs 7,000, ameer of Bahawalpur Rs 133,333, former mir of Khairpur Rs 83,333 and the former wali of Swat Rs 79,167 a month. Similarly, former mehtar of Chitral was getting Rs 7,167, dependents of the former nawab of Dir Rs 1,900, dependents of the former nawab of Qalat Rs 3,383 and dependents of the late nawab of Mekran Rs 4,050 a month.
In response to a question, the assembly was told that the Cabinet Division had received 555 directives from Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani since March 2008, out of which only 194 had been implemented so far. It was informed that the remaining 361 directives were at various stages of implementation. Special Initiative Minister Lal Muhammad Khan told the assembly that the provincial governments were responsible for the non-provision and the dilapidated condition of water filtration plants. Responding to a calling attention notice, the minister told the House that the provincial governments had been authorised to install water filtration plants and maintain them for the provision of clean drinking water to the citizens. Lal claimed the provincial governments were, unfortunately, not interested in the projects, hence the people were still deprived of clean drinking water. He said the already-installed plants were not functioning due to poor maintenance. irfan ghauri
The records placed before the House showed that the talukdar of Sultanabad was getting Rs 600 per month as maintenance allowance from the government. Dependents of the late nawab of Junagadh were getting Rs 300, while his widow was getting Rs 50,000, sheikh sahib of Manrol was getting Rs 6,300, khan of Nanavadar Rs 7,000, ameer of Bahawalpur Rs 133,333, former mir of Khairpur Rs 83,333 and the former wali of Swat Rs 79,167 a month. Similarly, former mehtar of Chitral was getting Rs 7,167, dependents of the former nawab of Dir Rs 1,900, dependents of the former nawab of Qalat Rs 3,383 and dependents of the late nawab of Mekran Rs 4,050 a month.
In response to a question, the assembly was told that the Cabinet Division had received 555 directives from Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani since March 2008, out of which only 194 had been implemented so far. It was informed that the remaining 361 directives were at various stages of implementation. Special Initiative Minister Lal Muhammad Khan told the assembly that the provincial governments were responsible for the non-provision and the dilapidated condition of water filtration plants. Responding to a calling attention notice, the minister told the House that the provincial governments had been authorised to install water filtration plants and maintain them for the provision of clean drinking water to the citizens. Lal claimed the provincial governments were, unfortunately, not interested in the projects, hence the people were still deprived of clean drinking water. He said the already-installed plants were not functioning due to poor maintenance. irfan ghauri
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