Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government here on Friday presented a Rs1,118.3 billion balanced budget for financial year 2021-22, having a record allocation of Rs 371 billion for annual development program (ADP) and Rs747.3 billion for current budget expenditure. The KP government has announced a record 37pc increase in salaries of all those employees who did not take […]
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Balochistan budget to be presented on June 18
Balochistan’s budget for the next financial year will be presented tomorrow, June 18. The total volume of the new budget is more than Rs 500 billion, about Rs 140 billion is likely to be set aside for development. A proposal for the increase in employees’ salary from 10 to 15% is also under consideration. According […]
AJK govt alleges Centre’s ‘interference’ in budget 2021-22
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir budget was not presented in the provincial assembly due to the disapproval by the Cabinet. It is alleged that there was interference from the federal government. The scheduled budget session of AJK Legislative Assembly was discontinued without any proper reasoning. The assembly met in Mirpur on Wednesday. The session was […]
Third day of protest, Balochistan opposition refuses to budge
The opposition parties have called for a complete blockade of the national highways to protest against the government for ignoring their proposals in the upcoming provincial budget. There is a massive traffic jam being witnessed at the Quetta-Punjab highway at the point of Kuchlak. The Taftan International Highway is also blocked by the opposition parties. […]
KP govt to present historic tax free, pro-development budget: Bangash
Special Assistant to Chief Minister Kamran Bangash on Wednesday said that government would present a historic budget which would bring more prosperity and development in the province. The minister appreciating the performance of the Excise and Board of Revenue (BoR) said that provincial government had collected a record over Rs 50 billion revenue in the […]
PTI, PML-N play the blame game for NA ruckus
PML-N and PTI lawmakers are blaming each other for the chaos that erupted in the National Assembly during which the members hurled abuses and threw budget books at each other. While talking to the media, Zartaj Gul and Maleeka Bukhari raised demands for strong action against all those PML-N members who attacked the women members […]
AJK budget postponed till further notice
The PML-N led Azad Jammu Kashmir government could not present the new financial year 2021-22 budget of Azad Jammu Kashmir in the scheduled budget session of Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. The AJK Legislative Assembly met in the State metropolis on Wednesday with Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir in the chair. After this […]
PPP, PML-N exploited poor ‘ruthlessly’ during their tenures: Farrukh
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Tuesday said these were PPP and PML-N, which during their tenures in government, introduced the culture of ruthless exploitation of the poor and put the country under dominance of foreign financial institutions. Reacting to statements of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari and Pakistan Muslim […]
Sindh Assembly budget session convened on June 15
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh’s budget-2021-22 session has been summoned to meet at 03:00pm on Tuesday (June 15). The Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, who also holds the portfolio of Sindh Finance Minister will present the budget statement for the year 2021-22 and the supplementary budget statement for the year 2020-21.
Fiscal budget 2021-22 gives relief to masses, praised by business community: Qalandar Lodhi
KP Minister for Revenue Qalandar Khan Lodhi on Monday said except for opposition political parties every Pakistani was praising the federal government fiscal budget 2021-22 which has provided a huge relief to every business sector and employees despite challenges in wake of COVID-19. While talking to the media here, the minister said that it was […]