Punjab Budget

Budget includes a salary increase of 20 to 25 per cent and a 15 per cent rise in pensions

WASA will install tube-wells along expressway to overcome water shortages in Pindi

Demands for grant of Rs2.73 trillion also sail through session snubbed by opposition

Treasury, opposition hold parallel budget sessions

Govt says it will be presented on June 13; secretariat issues notification for 16

CM Punjab says 54 percent of development budget utilised so far

Minority MPAs boycott house over being ‘ignored’

Assembly secretariat notifies budget session for June 14

It is clear that one focuses on economic recovery from Covid-19, and the other on saving lives

Punjab govt to pursue public-private partnership in infrastructure projects

Opposition benches chant slogans during finance minister’s speech

Punjab announced its Rs1.681 trillion budget on June 13

Sees receipt of Rs1.01 trillion from the federal divisible pool next fiscal year

Uplift budget will be more than Rs550b in which 142 new projects will be included, says Finance Minister Dr Ayesha

Say Punjab faces many challenges, particularly energy shortage