Political tension created by the sit-ins has started adversely affecting development activities as the government has disbursed only five per cent of total allocations in the first two months of the current fiscal.
According to the Planning Commission, the government has released only Rs12 billion in Aug because of lack of demand from executing agencies due to low attendance of employees and slow down in work on development schemes by contractors.
Going by the approved mechanism, the government should have released about Rs70bn in July and Aug but it has so far released only Rs28bn, according to an official.
