--- title: "ECC approves funds for Utility Stores closure and Thar rail project" description: "Most outlets led with the Economic Coordination Committee's approval of Rs11.3 billion for the Utility Stores closure and Rs10 billion for the Thar coal rail project. A few also noted additional allocations, such as Rs8 billion for P3A, Rs4 billion for PRAL restructuring, Rs2 billion for SMEDA, and Rs1.666 billion for agricultural training in China." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/13396-ecc-approves-rs11-3-billion-for-utility-stores-closure-rs10 site: HarZaviya language: en --- # ECC approves funds for Utility Stores closure and Thar rail project business · updated 9 Oct 2026, 7:16 AM PKT · 8–9 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the Economic Coordination Committee's approval of Rs11.3 billion for the Utility Stores closure and Rs10 billion for the Thar coal rail project. A few also noted additional allocations, such as Rs8 billion for P3A, Rs4 billion for PRAL restructuring, Rs2 billion for SMEDA, and Rs1.666 billion for agricultural training in China. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Profit** — [ECC approves Rs11.3 billion for Utility Stores closure, Rs10 billion for Thar rail project, Rs8 billion for P3A](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/09/ecc-approves-rs11329-billion-for-utility-stores-closure-rs10-billion-for-thar-rail-project-rs8-billion-for-p3a) · 9 Oct 2026, 7:16 AM PKT > Committee also allocates Rs4 billion for PRAL restructuring, Rs2 billion for SMEDA and Rs1.666 billion for agricultural training in China - **Hum News English** — [ECC approves Rs11.3bn to ‘complete’ Utility Stores closure, Rs10bn for Thar coal rail project](https://humenglish.com/latest/ecc-approves-rs11-3bn-to-complete-utility-stores-closure-rs10bn-for-thar-coal-rail-project/) · 8 Oct 2026, 9:59 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Thursday approved Rs11.329 billion to meet the immediate financial requirements and complete the closure process of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), while allocating Rs10 billion for the Thar coal rail connectivity project. The ECC also approved Rs8 billion for the Public-Private Partnership Authority, Rs4 billion for Pakistan Revenue... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [ECC approves financial support for PTV and motorway projects](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1827-m-12-project-ecc-approves-rs27-62bn-sovereign-guarantees) · 5 Aug 2026 · 5 outlets · 78% related - [ECC to approve Rs7.79 billion for two Karachi water projects](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4542-karachi-likely-to-get-rs-7-79-billion-for-2-water-projects) · 24 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 71% related - [ECC approves supplementary grants worth Rs39 billion](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13172-ecc-approves-tsgs-worth-billions-for-various-ministries) · 9 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 71% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 8–9 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.