QUETTA: Balochistan is set to present a surplus and “people-friendly” budget on June 22 for the fiscal year 2024-25, the provincial planning and finance ministers said on Sunday, highlighting the total budget layout would exceed Rs850 billion, with significant allocations for education and health sectors.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Quetta, Balochistan’s Planning and Development Minister Zahoor Ahmed Buledi and Finance Minister Shoaib Nosherwani noted that employee salaries would see a 25pc increase for grades 1 to 16, a 20pc increase for grades 17 to 22, and a 15pc increase in pensions.
They also noted that the federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) allocated Rs58bn for Balochistan in the upcoming fiscal year. Mr Buledi said the previous budget included over 9,000 schemes, which........