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Constitution of Pakistan----Art. 184(3)---Constitutional petition under Art.184(3) of the Constitution against distribution of development funds by Ex-Prime Minister amongst Parliamentarians and "Notables" for development programmes/schemes---Allocation of funds by the Prime Minister for development schemes/programmes---Scope---Prime Minister was a person who represented the Government and the citizens, therefore, in sanctioning/allocating funds for the schemes, he was bound to follow a high standard of transparency and for such purpose, a system had to be institutionalized following the recognized principles of exercising discretion judiciously--- Prime Minister, being an elected representative, was required to follow the procedure to prove equitable distribution of funds for schemes without any discrimination in any manner---According to the budgetary provisions, an amount of Rs.22 billion (annual) was made available to the Ex-Prime Minister with an authority to sanction the amount in favour of the Parliamentarians and Notables for development programmes---Ex-Prime Minster sanctioned different amounts from time to time for development schemes in the constituency he represented---Parliamentarians, Members of the Provincial Assembly and "Notables", who did not represent any constituency, were also obliged by granting funds for the purpose of different development schemes---Prima facie, it seemed that at the initial stage of sanctioning the funds, no preliminary formalities were carried out about the feasibility etc. of the development programmes---Parliamentarians or the "Notables", who succeeded in approaching the Prime Minister for allocation of funds for development, were obliged by making sanctions without following a transparent procedure---Feasibility of the scheme(s) for which the funds had been sanctioned was not considered---Admittedly, there was no system in place for monitoring the sanctioned funds---Different Ministries/Divisions were directed to divert their funds in favour of the Cabinet Division for purpose of allocating/distributing such funds to Parliamentarians and "Notables" knowing fully well that budgetary allocations of Rs.22 billion had…

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