HANGU: District Council on Tuesday failed to present the Rs.3.2 billion budget for the financial year 2016-17 due to the opposition’s ruckus at the District Secretariat Hall.
District Nazim Mufti Ubaidullah failed to present the budget for the year 2016-17 amid uproar and commotion of the opposition councillors. Opposition councillors including Abdul Shahid, Shad Muhammad Shinwari and other councillors started thumping their desks when the district nazim came to the podium to present the budget.
They said they had not given enough time to study the budget document and would not allow the district nazim to present the budget until they study the financial document.
Following the ruckus and commotion at the council hall the convenor Said Umar adjourned the budget session till August 11.