Govt not willing to cater our demands says the G-B Council. PHOTO: EXPRESS
During the session, Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Chaudhry Barjees Tahir presented budget layout of Rs1.52b for the next financial year of 2017-18.
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In the next financial year, the G-B Council was informed that Rs654m will be spent on development projects while Rs626m have been allocated for non-development expenditures.
The Council allocated Rs354m for development programme to be executed by the members of G-B Council in their respective constituencies, Rs100m for construction of G-B Council Secretariat in Islamabad and Rs200m for the purchase of land for G-B Council offices in Gilgit.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 21st, 2017.
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