RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The prime minister’s office has asked the Ministry of National Food Security & Research (NFS&R) to expeditiously release all the pending payments of fertilizer industry in accordance with original notified mechanism.

The sources said that Secretary to Prime Minister Fawad Hassan Fawad issued the directions at a meeting also attended by Secretary Finance, Secretary FS&R, Chairman FBR and Chairman of the Fertilizer Manufacturers of Pakistan Advisory Council Lt Gen Shafqaat Ahmed ® on July 25, 2017. He also directed the federal secretary finance to issue a new notification on fertilizer subsidy to ensure timely reimbursement of subsidy claims to the industry in future.