Pakistan, March 18 -- Keeping in view the miserable situation in sectors of health and education, Senators, on onday, demanded the government to release 50 per cent of the funds allocated for Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2018-19.

While presiding over the Senate Standing Committee on Planning Development and Reform, Senator Usman Kakar, asserted that the social sector was in a miserable state across the country, particularly in Balochistan. He called on the government to increase its releases on a priority basis.

The education standard in Balochistan was said to be far below that of other parts of the country, due to which employment quota remained unfilled in the province.

He implored the federal government to increase its ...