ISLAMABAD: Federal government has enhanced financial powers of finance ministry.
According to notification the control of federal treasury offices of Karachi and Islamabad has been handed over to budget wing of finance ministry. These offices were earlier being controlled administratively by Accountant General Pakistan (Revenue). A few days earlier federal cabinet had given approval to make these offices as subsidiaries to finance ministry.
Upon it the finance ministry had cancelled 1981 order immediately and issued notification that budget wing of finance ministry should take over control of these offices forthwith.
The sources said with the taking over control of federal treasury offices by finance ministry. Government will be empowered to spend the money as per its will.