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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail would today (Tuesday) wind up general debate on Budget 2018-19 in the National Assembly and members of the House would discuss Rs 23.7 trillion charge expenditure included in demands for grants and appropriation for financial year ending on June 30, 2019.

According to documents of charge expenditure in demands for grants and appropriations, there is a total of Rs21.13 trillion of repayment of domestic debt, Rs1.39 trillion of servicing of domestic debt, Rs 229.23 billion servicing of foreign debt, Rs171.87 billion of external development loans and advances by the federal government, Rs174.16 billion of repayment of short term foreign credits, Rs601.75 billion foreign loans repayment and Rs14 billion of grants-in-aid and miscellaneous adjustments between the federal and provincial governments.

Likewise, a total of Rs1 billion of charge expenditure of Pakistan Railways, Rs1.75 billion of National Assembly, Rs1.7 billion of the Senate, Rs4.633 billion of audit, Rs2.53 billion for elections, Rs1 billion of staff, household and allowances of the Presidency, Rs1.96 billion of Supreme Court of Pakistan, Rs3.87 billion for superannuation allowances and pensions, Rs150 million of other expenditure of foreign affairs division, Rs7.7 million of civil works, Rs236.3 million of other expenditure of law and justice and justice division, Rs22.4 million of Pakistan Post office department, Rs527 million of Islamabad High Court, Rs722 million of Wafaqi Mohtasib and Rs243 million of federal tax ombudsman.