The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has officially cleared the subsidized allocation of an additional 50,000 metric tons of grain to the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Presided over by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, the regulatory body reviewed a series of strategic funding summaries tabled by individual state ministries and departments. To stabilize localized food security frameworks and help meet regional consumer demand, the committee approved a targeted proposal by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to release the grain reserves from the storage silos of the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation. The baseline transfer price has been fixed at a statutorily mandated rate of 4,150 rupees per 40 kilograms.
Alongside food resource reallocations, the high-level committee sanctioned a series of Technical Supplementary Grants exceeding a total value of 9.19 billion rupees to address critical federal development pipelines and sovereign security requirements. Under these authorizations, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was granted a structural technical supplement of 2.67 billion rupees. The newly assigned financial resources are explicitly earmarked to sponsor comprehensive federal public information campaigns, citizen awareness drives, and necessary multi-media publicity efforts managed by the ministry throughout the ongoing fiscal period.
In a significant move for the country’s technological sector, the committee approved an 860 million rupee supplementary budget line for the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission. This capital injection is directly tied to the execution of two landmark space exploration initiatives: the construction of deep space and astronomical observatories across Pakistan, and the nation’s active manned space mission program. The space agency has recently advanced its human spaceflight timeline through a bilateral cooperation pact with the China Manned Space Agency, shortlisting specialized astronaut candidates to begin intensive operational training for an upcoming deployment to the Chinese Space Station.
The committee also directed substantial resources toward national security and labor welfare programs. A dedicated allocation of 646 million rupees was approved for the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control to maintain the extensive field operational requirements of the Headquarters Frontier Corps Balochistan (South) stationed in Turbat. This regional security funding covers immediate expenditures associated with military operational readiness, protective field equipment, transport vehicle overhauls, and localized tactical communication systems. Furthermore, responding to long-standing industrial adjustments, the committee authorized a massive 5 billion rupee federal contribution toward the comprehensive compensation package designed for dock workers under the administrative custody of the Karachi Dock Labour Board. Finally, a minor administrative grant of 10 million rupees was passed to cover operational expenses for the upcoming parliamentary budget session.
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