Islamabad hosted a meeting of the federal cabinet's Economic Coordination Committee, the body that signs off on changes to approved spending. On the agenda were funds tied to upcoming local government elections. The committee approved a technical supplementary grant worth 5 crore 61 lakh 80 thousand rupees, just over 56 million. The money covers re-allocation and validation of funds previously earmarked through tenders. Its reach includes the local government elections planned in Islamabad, local by-elections in Sindh and Balochistan, and delimitation work for constituencies in Punjab. Headline figures around the Islamabad polls go as high as 2 billion rupees, a pointer to the overall cost of the exercise. The approval was a required step before the election machinery can draw on the money for tenders and boundary work.