Pakistan, June 21 -- The National Assembly on Sunday approved six demands for grants related to the energy and power sectors for the next financial year worth Rs 661,265,815,000 (Rs 661.27 billion approx.), while rejecting 116 cut motions moved by opposition lawmakers.

The demands for grants were presented in the House by Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb.

The house approved allocations, Rs 578,837,216,000 were granted for the Power Division, while Rs 1,111,666,000 were approved for the Petroleum Division. An amount of Rs 1,201,001,000 was sanctioned for the Geological Survey of Pakistan.

For development expenditures, the House approved Rs 3,196,630,000 for the Development Expenditure of the Power Division. In...