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title: "Senate panel questions Rs2.6tr federal spending on devolved ministries"
description: "Most outlets led with the Senate panel's concern over the federal government's Rs2.6 trillion expenditure on devolved health and education ministries, questioning the constitutional basis of the spending. The Nation described it as a \"misuse of taxpayers’ money,\" while Dawn focused on lawmakers calling for a probe into the expenditure."
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# Senate panel questions Rs2.6tr federal spending on devolved ministries

business · updated 15 Oct 2026, 10:28 AM PKT · 15 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 Senate panel's concern over the federal government's Rs2.6 trillion expenditure on devolved health and education ministries, questioning the constitutional basis of the spending. The Nation described it as a "misuse of taxpayers’ money," while Dawn focused on lawmakers calling for a probe into the expenditure.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Lawmakers seek probe into Rs2.6tr expenditure made by Centre on devolved ministries](https://www.dawn.com/news/2037180/lawmakers-seek-probe-into-rs26tr-expenditure-made-by-centre-on-devolved-ministries) · 15 Oct 2026, 10:28 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers have sought a probe into a staggering Rs2.6 trillion expenditure by the federal government on education and health ministries devolved in 2010, questioning the constitutional basis of the spending over the last 16 years. The issue was raised in a meeting of the subcommittee of the Senate Functional Committee on Devolution, which was chaired by Senator Zamir Hussain Ghumro. ...
- **The Nation** — [Rs2.6tr federal spending on devolved health, education ministries misuse of taxpayers’ money: Senate panel](https://www.nation.com.pk/15-Oct-2026/rs2-6tr-federal-spending-devolved-health-education-ministries-misuse-taxpayers-money-senate-panel) · 15 Oct 2026, 6:38 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD - A Senate panel has noted that the federal government has spent around Rs2.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 15 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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