QUETTA: The government of Balochistan on Monday postponed the budget 2022.23 announcement to Tuesday, June 21 as lawmakers of the province failed to reach a consensus.
According to reports, the government was unable to finalize the budget as lawmakers demanded development schemes for their respective areas.
But the CM secretariat said the reason was that Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Biznejo is busy with the Balochistan Awami Party council session.
The government of Balochistan was set to unveil its balanced, relief-oriented and pro-people budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Monday, with a total outlay of more than Rs620 billion.
Provincial Finance Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran is meant to present the budget in the Balochistan Assembly.
The government is expected to announce over Rs.250 billion development budget under Public Sector Development Programme and the outlay of non-developmental funds for the next fiscal year 2022-23 is likely to be more than Rs 350 billion.
According to finance department sources, more than 5,000 new posts would be created in the new budget. Balochistan is the only province that is not announced the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 yet.
