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| Council set up to monitor relief funds |
| 2010-09-18 |
| [Dawn] The government has set up a 15-member National Oversight Disaster Management Council (NODMC) to monitor distribution of funds for reconstruction in flood-affected areas. The council comprises prominent personalities including retired judges and senior bureaucrats. Five members of the council have been nominated by the federal government, two each by the four provinces and one each by Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. According to a notification issued on Thursday, the council will be headed by U.A.G. Isani, a retired bureaucrat from Sindh who also served as vice-chancellor of the Quaid-i-Azam University and held senior positions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Other nominees of the federal government are Ejaz Rahim, Fauzia Naqvi, Ameena Sayed and Farid Rehman. Justice (retd) Mian Allah Nawaz and A.Z.K. Sherdil have been nominated by Punjab, Fazlur Rehman and Fazlullah Qureshi by Sindh, Justice (retd) Sardar Mohammad Raza and Mohammad Azam Khan by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal and Munawwar Khan Mandokhel by Balochistan; G.M. Sikandar by Gilgit-Baltistan and Tariq Masood by AJK. According to a government handout, the council will review reconstruction plans and monitor their implementation. It will interact with the economic affairs division, Planning Commission, National Disaster Management Authority and provincial governments and ensure transparent disbursement of funds. The council will prepare quarterly reports for the Council of Common Interests and will commission and supervise audit of utilisation of the funds. |
| Posted by:Fred |
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| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2010-09-18 13:52 |