Religious Ministry likely to receive Rs945mn budget in next FY

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony is likely to receive Rs 945 million budget during the next financial year 2016-17, said a ministry's official.

Talking to APP, he said the ministry had received Rs 898 million budget during the last financial year. The ministry's budget had been enhanced by 4.75 percent during the current financial year.

He said 60 percent of the budget of the ministry is spent on salaries of the employees and rest amount consumed on paying utility bills, maintaining Haji camps, running training programmes of Hujjaj, etc.