The headquarters of Pakistan
Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) is being constructed
in Islamabad at the cost of Rs 36 million, reveals budget
documents available with The Fact.
The government earlier this week had tabled
a nuclear proliferation bill in the lower House to punish
those scientists found involved in the illegal trade of
nuclear assets. The establishment of PNRA is part of the
bill that will supervise the entire process of nuclear
related developments and other related matters covered
in the bill.
The government is allocating a sum of
Rs 26 million in the budget 2004-2005 in the first phase
of its construction. However, the total cost of the project
has been kept at Rs 36.6 million. The rest of the money
will be given next year.
The construction is being done from the
chunk of financial allocation made to the Pakistan Atomic
Energy Commission. The PAEC will get a total of Rs 4.8
billion in the new budget from the PSDP. A part of this
development budget will also be spent on the execution
of Chashma nuclear power plant.
