British grant for Punjab

Published September 17, 2008

LAHORE, Sept 16: The British government has offered five million pound grant to the Punjab government to introduce the performance indicators management system and assess the level of performance, mainly of provincial finance department officials.

Punjab Finance Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira on Tuesday approved the summary for the technical grant from United Kingdom’s Department for International Development. — Staff Reporter

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