KARACHI: The Sindh government will present the annual provincial budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 on Wednesday (June 17), Sindh Chief Minister announced.
He said this while chairing a meeting of parliamentary body of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians in the Sindh Assembly today (Sunday).
The chief minister explained that before presenting the budget for the next financial year in the provincial assembly, he would chair a cabinet meeting to approve it.
The chief minister apprised the provincial lawmakers regarding budget proposals and said that they would try to complete the ongoing projects in the Annual Development Plan (ADP).
Commenting on the budget, CM Murad Ali Shah said, “Health department will be given priority in the provincial budget for next fiscal year,” adding, “We have to contain the virus which is spreading throughout the province.”
He further said that the novel coronavirus has not only affected the people of Sindh but has badly impacted the budget estimates for next year. “Despite critical conditions, I will try my best to provide relief to the poor people of the province,” he added.
The chief minister said that the COVID-19 situation has been worsening with the passage of time and they had witnessed a surge in deaths. The meeting was also briefed on the current coronavirus situation in the province by Health Minister Azra Fazl Pechuhu.
The participants of the meeting also prayed for deceased provincial minister Ghulam Murtaza Baloch who died of coronavirus.
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