Provincial finance minister Sirajul Haq presented the budget. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly on Monday presented its provincial budget for year 2013-14, Express News reported.
Provincial finance minister Sirajul Haq presented the budget, which he claimed was divided into three parts: welfare, administrative and developmental.
Apart from K-P, the Sindh and Punjab assemblies will be presenting their respective provincial budgets. The outlier is Balochistan, where the provincial budget will be presented on Thursday, June 20.
Provincial budgets
Provincial budgets are always announced after the federal budget, since the provincial governments need final confirmation from Islamabad on federal allocations for their respective jurisdictions. While two provinces presenting their budgets on the same day is somewhat common, three provinces considering their money bills is somewhat unusual.
The current budget cycle is a highly unusual one: never in Pakistan’s history has a political transition taken place so soon before the end of a fiscal year. That compressed timeline has left all of the provincial governments scrambling to prepare their documents in time and present the final money bills before the legislatures.
Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the federal budget to the National Assembly on June 12 and said that the allocation for provincial development budgets had been substantially increased, ostensibly to allow them to undertake larger infrastructure projects. Yet in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial governments are led by political rivals of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Karachi and Peshawar are unlikely to take dictation from Islamabad and Lahore.
Correction: An earlier version of the story contained an inaccurate figure for the K-P pension and education, but the figure has now been corrected. The error is regretted.
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Its really nice one, yes the change is surely needed and again it will be proved now!
According to the budget document, the total allocation for education sector is Rs60 billion, which includes Rs56 billion for salaries and Rs4 billion non-salary expenses. The government claimed to have imposed an education emergency, but no such allocation has been made or project identified to show the government’s seriousness about education sector in practical terms. The amount allocated for development in the education sector under Annual Development Programme is Rs13 billion against the Rs12 billion of the previous government showing an increase of only Rs one billion. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-7-184650-Allocation-in-budget-for-education-negates-PTIs-claim
@Ahsan: only if MQM ever given to govern its people they will show more people friendly budget
@john the baptist Development budgets include development of Electricity Projects, computerizing records, improving infrastructure directly for PUblic not just roads!!
Now is this media supporting PTI when all newspapers are appreciating the budget well truly speaking i don't find anything that impressive! with province's own revenue only 4.4 % and foreign aid 35% !! NO tax reform they are delayed!
@paki: He never said roads weren't necessary. Obviously infrastructure is very important. The problem is that the other parties were spending so much on infrastructure and putting no money into more necessary areas like Health. The health situation is beyond pathetic in Pakistan.
Despite PTI claims, the new government under Perevez Khatak (from Northern KPk) is following in the footsteps of its predecessors in past 60 years– at least as far as development funds will be concerned. Budget documents (Rs 118 Billion) reveal that most of Development projects are based in northern KPk strong official position. PTI under Pervez Khatak and Asad Qaiser will be exactly doing the same.
Could it be because Southern KPk is far away from Peshawar, therefore not feasible for those chosen contractor and well connected in Peshawar, Pindi and Islamabad ? So there isn’t much money to be extracted from the vanquished Southern KPk. Please remember Pervez Khatak and his family is one of the leading public contractors.
Imran Khan will never ever know the actual position on ground and opportunist in control of PTI KPk will never ever let him know the ground reality. By the time Imran Khan realize the situation, all those opportunist in control and calling the shot will be with the next Govt whether PPP, ANP, JUI , PML-N
What a change . . .
I just hope that Imran Khan will be the next prime minister of Pakistan, I think these 5 years will be enough to convince all N-league voters to vote for PTI.
Please keep in mind that the salaries of public school teachers, the single biggest expense on education (that was previously being categorised as “general public expenditure”) was re-categorised under the education budget by the PTI-led government, which renders comparison of this year’s budget with last year’s budget difficult. Nevertheless, we all appreciate the good initial effort. Most of the work remains to be done though.
And PTI delivers again !!
According to the Budget Salient Features document (Page 3):
2012-13: Rs. 20.96 Billion for Elementary and Secondary education 2013-14: Rs. 24.6 Billion for Elementary and Secondary education
2012-13: Rs. 3.45 Billion for Higher Education 2013-14: Rs. 3.4 Billion for Higher Education
According to the White Paper Budget document:
For HIGHER EDUCATION, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES (Page 127)
2012-13: Rs. 5,390,615,000 2012-13(Revised): Rs.5,444,445,000
2013-14: Rs.6,055,093,000 2013-14: Rs.5,424,128,000 (Salary) 2013-14: Rs.630,965,000 (Non-Salary)
For ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION (Page 128) 2012-13: Rs. 681,068,000 2012-13(Revised): Rs. 945,297,000
2013-14: Rs. 60,552,937,000 2013-14: Rs. (Salary) 56,440,559,000 2013-14: Rs. (Non-Salary) 4,112,378,000
I've checked my post for any errors but please refer to the cited references.
@adil: I've been reading the complete bedget whitepaper and the RS 66 or RS 72 bln is flawed. In reality, it's a small increase. The numbers are being projected differently compared to previous budgets.
dont be over excited.......... Punjab has allocated 210 Billions for education which is 23% of budget
@Just Making Fool
You are absolutely right, Rs.56 Billion is the salary for the education sector employees whereas the total estimated expenditure for non-salary is Rs.4.1 Billion for Elementary and Secondary education and Rs.6.05 Billion for higher education which is round about Rs. 10.15 Billion only and that is 2.95% of the total outlay for the budget which I think is not much different from last year--if they didn't include salaries in this area of the budget last year.
All the rounded quoted figures are from the White Papers.
@Shah:
Page 11 of the Whitepaper states why a large increase in police budget is not there. Don't be too eager to judge.
Page 11: "The reason for comparatively less increase in Budget Estimates 2013-14 i.e of 1.82% is due less allocation in lumpsum budget for 2013-14 and contract of Special Police Force/Ex-Armymen expired on 30/06/2013."
@Umer:
We all know what sort of education has been given to Pakistanis under the influence of maulanas for the last 63 years.
Whatever it was, seems like it was better than what you got!
HIGHER EDUCATION ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES: RS 610.648 Million have been added to the total allocation for this sector more than last year's budget.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: Rs.59607.64 Million (Rs.59.6 Billion)have been added to the total allocation for this sector more than last year's budget.
I'm referring to the White Papers published by the KPK finance department.
@John the Baptist: Dude development budget is not only for roads. It includes energy projects, it includes sanitation projects, it includes institutionalization, it includes computerizing land data, it includes project for Peshawar. Please learn to applaud the right thing, for god's sake.
Once upon a time Timbuktu had 800 libraries . Once I visited California Berkeley which has 35 libraries. IK have a master degree from UK. I guess from Oxford. So when you choose educated leaders not fake degree holders. that what happens. 66 billion for education. But the problem is large part of the voters does not have education. so they choose otherwise.! Large numbers of PTI voters are middle class and educated. Henceforth, PTI is expanding is base for the next election cycle.
Budjet was made by finance ministry which has been given to Jamaat Islami. Give them some credit atleast.
This is great news. Budgest spent on education will easily pay back. If KP govt can continue this habit for the next 5 years, it will bear great results in the long term.
Education alone can resolve several issues including that of pwoer shortages, jobs, population growth, lack of skilled workers and militancy.
Excellent job done by KPK government. We must stop judging government by the number of mega projects they can show off with. We don't need show offs, we need prosperity and this is a step in right direction.
Great work by Khan's PTI and its coalition partners. Well done PTI
Ummm wrong number, tribune needs to fix its reporting. this number is highly exaggerated.
This is ridiculous. Our policymakers must realise that you can't just throw money at a problem to fix it. The education budget may have exploded but there will be no capacity to absorb this massive increase in funding. Qualified teachers and school buildings will not magically appear. If anyone had any sense they would present a thoughtful programme to recruit and train teachers and build schools and ramp up spending accordingly over several years. Otherwise all this money will go to waste.
@Fakhar what r u smoking? Read the article again. It says 66.6 billion to education.
Well done PTI. U are certainly making me proud now. Time to deliver. If u deliver this budget successfully I give u the good news regarding next elections :)
P.S I am jealous of KPK :(
It would have been very lively if Provincial Minister had provided the revenue stream or the sources where they would manage such a huge fund. Bravo Education 66Bn!
@Saad:
There is already too much religion in our country. We need no more of it. There isn't a single Islamist country that is respected in the world or is considered truly prosperous. There is a hint in it for the wise. We don't need any more experiments from the Islamists. Now we need sanity an humanity for a change and secularism all the way.
Great! But Are you sure if these numbers are correct? The previous budget only adds up to 51 billion. The education sector alone will cost Rs. 66 billion in the new budget. Where is all this money coming from all of a sudden? :s
So the sum of the figures given is 289 billion and the total outlay is 344 billion. What is the rest? If its administrative expenses, then why doesnt ET put that in there too?
Can ET also mention the sources of these figures?
The official KPK government website ( http://www.financekpp.gov.pk/FD/attachments/article/236/Budget%202013-14%20Salient%20Features.pdf ) gives a 63 billion figure for administrative expenses. I'd like to know how that is broken down in this breakup especially since everyone is bashing the sindh government budget description on the ET for its high administrative expenses.
@John the Baptist:
Let''s see what sort of education it is that these Islamists give before we give them full credit. We all know what sort of education has been given to Pakistanis under the influence of maulanas for the last 63 years.
They have just included the salaries into the budget, non salaries budget is around 4billion rupees.Which was last year 6billion rupees.
Nice budget, hope to see our Sarhad prosperous :)
Health should have been given priority over education.
nothing in power sector?
Never in my life i though i wanted to be a pathan or kpk resident. Now I am feeling a little inferior. . . but I am happy . . they deserved it! #respect.kpk
Truly impressive.
God Bless u khan n ya ha tayra Pakistan.
Where is budget for sport or there be education n education for every age people. A political show to remain popular at face book. We know Facebook user are less than 1% of our population
i think they should build industriess tooo where the educated one will be fit they shud have a policy otherwise unemployment will lead to terrorism
God bless u I Khan n PTI.
the previous budget was too less ,..i think more printing will be coming a new era of inflation will be there
@Faheem: There is a word 'beg' there, Did he?
In decades a leader has done-what-he-said.Now its for those to strive in earnest,whose stakes he is working for
@Umer: are you not islamist? your beautiful name Umer is after the brave, honest, just, intelligent, down to earth leader and Khalifa of muslims. Who was best soldier, commander, policy maker, financial master mind, best judge and most obidient of creations of Allah Taa'ala after all Prophets (Peace be upon them) and Hazrat Abi Baker Siddiq R.A.
Concept of Police was introduced by Hazrat Umar R.A. That police was indeed more religious,having more iman than all muslims combined today.
We as muslims and citizen of Islamic State should be proud of our way of doing things which is non other than they way Allah Subhanu Ta'ala gave us in the form of Rasulullah S.A.W
Let us be proud of Islam and Islamic ways brother.
Thanks!
That what the KPK people voted for........best of luck for people of the rest of the provinces may they get some respite although chances are bleak
Why i my self vote for PML N why yyyyyyyyy i feel great sorry .great Khan made my day.. happy pakistan with PARHA LIKHA PATHAN.............Vote for PTI inshallah in next election .Hate PML N now
What about energy sector????????? There is no fund allocated. Surprised to see that in the context that IK was saying during election campaign that it is the duty of provincial government to manage the energy sector projects under 18th amendment. A prime example of hypocrisy.
ET, can you tell us what the total budget for KP was in the last fiscal year (2012-2013)? And can you please fill in the blanks in your table above where data is missing for three sectors?
@Hassan:
Dawn also confirmed the figures
http://dawn.com/news/1018848/kp-govt-presents-budget-with-outlay-of-rs-344-billion
Thank you Hassan.
ET, when you round a number, you round it to the nearest decimal place. So a Rs. 66.6 billion education budget should be rounded to Rs. 67 billion, not Rs. 66 billion. But ET being ET can't help make PTI look bad, even if it is by Rs. 600 million. Quite a sad state of affairs at ET!
This is the first step towards New Pakistan...starting from KPK. Education and health are the top priorities of any developed nation. My dream is the introduction and implementation of an education model that spurs innovation not imitation and rote learning. May Allah guide us in realizing this dream.
@Umer:
You think PTI/JI will arm anyone against their beloved Taliban? Not in this life time.
Open your eyes--they are arming the children of KP with the biggest weapon of mass destruction called "EDUCATION." Take fright now, all you fake, self-hating pseudo liberals!
Dawn also confirmed the figures
http://dawn.com/news/1018848/kp-govt-presents-budget-with-outlay-of-rs-344-billion
" it is just a talk lets see the walk" These are the comments of a person, For you and other disbelievers. IK promised this thing in manifesto and now allocated same amount for education. Don't you consider it a walk, gentleman? Okay, you wanna see demo, just wait and you will see but then please must appreciate the most honest leader of Pakistan.
That was only possible because development funds and secret funds were slashed. Now the development funds of all MNA's should also be slashed to cut corruption and spent on eduction/health
@Umer: Totally agree with you
This is it! Governments need to realize the importance of education. Well done, PTI!
I love seeing comments from all the haters here. It's ok, maybe if they had made a wiser decision, maybe if they hadn't voted for MNA's that hit women on Daewoo buses, maybe if they hadn't voted for thier cast and instead voted for some educated patriots, maybe if they had voted for Pakistan instead of voting for "muhajir" supporters, they could've had something to be proud about too. Great move by KPK, Nice to see politicians actually trying to live up to their promises. Good luck
Oh Allah, we have had enough..stand beside Mr KHAN and his team and give us better Pakistan!!!!please!!!
@Tch tch:
You think PTI/JI will arm anyone against their beloved Taliban? Not in this life time.
SIndh Assembly Allocated "Rs. 110 billion"..
@Faheem: He said that in the context of being elected as a PM. Since he didn't become the PM, his party will only get what it will be given from the federal govt. And people who are still finding it hard to understand that why KPK govt hasn't bulldozed the Governor House boundary walls, again its not provincial govt's decision but lies with the Federal govt. KPK govt has to seek permission from them before they can go ahead with it, Same goes for drones. Nawaz Sharif is now answerable to all queries regarding drone attacks and not Imran Khan or PTI. they can register their protest but as long as the PM has already given his nod to the US to drone attack there is only little KPK govt can do to stop it.
@Faheem: He said that in the context of being elected as a PM. Since he didn't become the PM, his party will only get what it will be given from the federal govt. And people who are still finding it hard to understand that why KPK govt hasn't bulldozed the Governor House boundary walls, again its not provincial govt's decision but lies with the Federal govt. KPK govt has to seek permission from them before they can go ahead with it, Same goes for drones. Nawaz Sharif is now answerable to all queries regarding drone attacks and not Imran Khan or PTI. they can register their protest but as long as the PM has already given his nod to the US to drone attack there is only little KPK govt can do to stop it.
Well done KPK government.
Even though I 'm a PTI voter and many people are hailing PTI for such a friendly budget, I would like to point out the it is not PTI only anymore. Its a coalition government between PTI, JI and others. We should try and learn to be inclusive instead of exclusive which will eventually give a political maturity to PTI members.
Nevertheless, good work PTI-JI-Others Coalition!
Despite PTI claims, the new government under Perevez Khatak (from Northern KPk) seems to be following in the footsteps of its predecessors in past 60 years– at least as far as development funds will be concerned. Budget documents for past 60 years will reveal that most of Development projects are based in northern KPk strong official position. PTI under Pervez Khatak and Asad Qaiser will be exactly doing the same.
Why because Imran Khan will never ever know the actual position on ground and opportunist in control of PTI KPk will never ever let him know the ground reality. By the time Imran Khan realize the situation, all those opportunist in control and calling the shot will be with the next Govt whether PPP, ANP, JUI , PML-N
What a change . . .
Guys,
Here, The News confirming ET's figures. Education 66 bn and Health 22bn, Good that PTI is not indulging in gimmickry like Shahbaz Sharif. Now time for practical steps and one hopes that these 88 bn will go a long way for the prosperity of KPK
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-105655-KP-govt-unveils-Rs-344-billion-budget-
@Umer: Or it could be FC,Levies,Frontier Corps, Scouts, Border force etc etc
The most important thing is implementation to see the outcome in next few years
An outstanding start by pti!! more surprises!!! wait coming soon!!
What about sports & culture budget? IT and industrial development budget allocation to create more jobs.
Who is the author of this article, all other news channels are reporting Education budget to be 13 billion instead of 66 and Health budget to be 7.9 billion instead of 23.
66 Billion for education and no Education minister yet.... what a joke... i think this will go directly in account of IK
Very good, although I would have liked to see more going to the police. The education budget will be much more effective if people are convinced that they can receive education in a safe and secure environment. Nonetheless, a long overdue step in the right direction.
@Shah:
Security is likely religious police which Islamists like JI are usually so keen on.
Good start of NAYA Pakistan
@advice: This year's budget allocation for education is 11 times the amount last allocated last year, so for education it has been a problem.
I think the numbers relating to education are wrong. reported are wrong. Dawn and The News are Reporting different numbers.
@Faheem: Where is that component?
Be sensible folks. lets see what happens with these billions in practical. Dont put Ik on a piedestal before we see some real Development and improvement in KPK. Dont write dashing Things only to find out that there was nothing real in this KPK budget.
Dawn reporting it to be 13.82 Billion. WTH news. Which one is wrong?
link: http://www.dawn.com/news/1018848/kp-govt-presents-budget-with-outlay-of-rs-344-billion
@paki:
If roads were not necessary, as he was stating in his jalsas then why 118 billion budget for development projects…
What an idiotic statements--roads are necessary but not more that education. Lottas who never had to provide answers for their "fazool kharchian" and vote buying stunts will never understand that!
News flash: all Jangla buses are malfunctioning now and half of them will be replaced within one month with new Chinese buses. And the Rs. one billion subsidy on this white elephant still continues. I shudder to think there will be more white elephants destroying huge amounts of public capital in other cities soon. Monkeys with sharp razors at work!
Way to go PTI. I wish Punjab could vote wisely :(
@paki: "If roads were not necessary, as he was stating in his jalsas then why 118 billion budget for development projects…"
That is the problem of PML-N supporters. They think only road construction comes under development.
Well done..........Let's show the people what basically is "change"...........a role model for other provinces.
@paki: MY my... You were just looking at something to make BIG han... Keep trying, you will finally point out something soon. But, in case you just want to be more sensible, its the priority not the construction that he ever loathed.. No doubt, Pakistan needs education more than anything else!
Good work PTI
next time when I will visit KP its gonna be different jaye Imran khan.
WELL DONE SIRAJ UL HAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Abid P. Khan: I can feel the pain !
Well done, KPK....well done... you haven't backed out of the dream of seeing an educated Pakistan. I voted PTI for education and here it goes....Keep up the spiritsss!!
KPK people made the best choice by electing PTI!
Now this is what you call a budget.
@Kamran: "Well Done :)" . This was just talk, lets us wait for the walk.
And this people, is how it's done!
imran khan promised of education emergency and today's budget reflects it. Credit must also be given to pervez khattak and siraj ul haq.
Can you confirm the Education budget, Dawn News is reporting "The budget moreover allocates Rs 13.82 billion to the education sector and 5.7 billion to higher education."
Khan Sahab , you are making me proud :) , from MQM Supporter :)
now beat that!!!! PMLN
If roads were not necessary, as he was stating in his jalsas then why 118 billion budget for development projects...
Spending on Education increased 6 folds , from a mere 11 bn under the last government to a whopping 66 bn!! This is going to have long term benefits for Pakistan, hope so .. the more the education , the lesser militancy.!!!
Awesome,sounds like a good deal.
They seem to be taking oath in the picture. The caption given to the photo is wrong.
Wao. Its a good start. More than 19% budget on Education, its a good precedent. I hope it will be implemented properly as well. No corruption please.
Are you listening Liberals? "Taliban Khan" has increased immensely in Education Sector.
Education get the highest share, excellent budget. I must admin that if it's implemented without corruption, KPK will rise
Almost 20% of the total budget going to education sector. Its an insane amount of money that if utilized properly can bring huge revolution. Well done KPK government. Prioritizing education, health, police and judicial reforms as their main targets. The intent is great, lets see how far they can go to implement it in a free and fair manner.
OMG!! Education 66 Billion!! This Budget Rocks!!
66 Billion for Education and 22 Billion for Health that is almost 26% of the total Budget. Way to go PTI, thats what we need to improve Health and Education Sector in Pakistan.
Priorities identified...(No sasti roti, no laptop, no chanda scheme) KP Education & health budget is equal to the budget of Federal govt. thumbs up for team IK!!!
2nd biggest allocation in budget = "EDUCATION" Now this is what we are talking about PTI make Jinnah's Pakistan Pround
would be great to see a comparison of the various heads to previous 2-3 budgets..
Glad to hear that education got the top slot after development projects :) This will start a new era in Pakistan's war torn province if this educational budget is correctly utilized and does not go in wrong hands.
66 billion mean 19% of the budget. This has never happened in the history of Pakistan. This is revolution. Thank you Imran Khan, thank you.
wow. 66 b for education. Bravo PTI, start of a golden era for KP.
66 billion for education?? that is a huge amount..well done PTI
66 billion is quiet a big amount, looking forward to the best utilization of this money.
The budget allocation was never a real problem. The main problem is the full and best utilization of the funds. I wish they utilize them in the best way. Best of luck to the KP- Govt and IK.
Tabdeeli agyae hai finally!!!
66 billion WOW!!!!!
Promising Budget. Good job IK and KPK Govt.
There is a Rs.35bn foreign aid component too? Imran Khan said this several times that "I will commit suicide but wont beg for foreign aid" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whWVSu6TcOQ
Police 23billion AND Security 23billion? What is the job of the police, is it not providing security? Or is it a typo?
Well Done :)