Balochistan budget: Adviser sees boost in jobs, investments

Balochistan Board of Investment constituted to promote foreign and domestic investment.

QUETTA: Balochistan’s budget for 2014-15 is balanced and people-friendly, Mir Khalid Langove, adviser to the Balochistan CM on finance said on Friday. He said a provincial revenue authority has been formed to broaden the tax net for onward spending on welfare of the people. He expressed these views while talking to the media at post-budget briefing at Officer’s Club. Finance Secretary Mushtaq Raisani was also present. “The government has allocated a record sum of Rs50 billion for PSDP which would create job opportunities for thousands of people,” Langove said. He said that restoration of trust of the companies in Balochistan was vital. Balochistan Board of Investment has been constituted to promote foreign and domestic investment.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 21^st, 2014.