LAHORE: Following are the highlights of the Punjab budget for fiscal year 2021-22. *Sardar Usman Buzdar-led Punjab government presented its third budget in the 33rd session of the Punjab Assembly, held at the new assembly building, here on Monday. *Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi presided over the first sitting of the assembly in the new building. *The session started two hours and 40 minutes behind its scheduled time of 2.00pm. *Treasury members welcomed Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar by thumping desks and raising slogans. *A large number of provincial ministers, parliamentary secretaries, advisers and special assistants were present in the House.
*Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakhat started delivering the speech amidst opposition protest.
*He took 48 minutes to make a 16-page speech in the House.
*At the end of the speech, the chief minister felicitated the finance minister over presenting the budget speech in a well-expressed style and commended his presentation as well.
*Along with the annual budget statement, the finance minister introduced the Finance Bill 2021 and also presented Supplementary Budget Statement for 2020-21.
*Foolproof security steps had been taken for security of elected
representatives and to avoid any untoward incident. •Opposition benches continued uproar in the house throughout the budget speech.