February 15, 2025
ECC approves Pakistan’s NDB-BRICS membership
The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has approved over 27 billion rupees to ensure financial support for key initiatives. The ECC, which met in Islamabad with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in the chair, approved a technical supplementary grant worth 19.15 billion rupees for 133 schemes of the defunct Pakistan Public Works Department. It also okayed 5.36 billion rupees to execute development schemes under the SDGs Achievement Programme with 4.25 billion rupees allocated for Sindh and 1.11 billion rupees for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The approval was also granted to an amount of 1.914 billion rupees in favor of NADRA, ensuring the



