Rs40b needed to give Rs20,000 to each family: PM
MULTAN – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said Mian Nawaz Sharif’s proposal for constituting a commission for the rehabilitation of flood-affected areas and the people was not rejected rather the proposed body would be formed after taking provinces into confidence.
Gilani also said 80 per cent of…
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