Month: June 2021

LAHORE: The Punjab government has earmarked an amount of Rs 442 billion for education sector in the provincial budget 2021-22. Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht in his budget speech said that Rs 54 billion would be spent on development schemes and Rs 388 billion would be spent for current expenditures in education sector. […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Monday chaired a provincial cabinet meeting, which unanimously approved the budget proposals for fiscal year 2021-22 besides the finance bill 2021. Supplementary budget 2020-21 and revised estimates for the financial year 2020-21 was also approved in the meeting. The cabinet approved a 10 per cent rise in salaries […]

LAHORE: Punjab Law and Cooperatives Minister Raja Basharat while commenting on the provincial budget presented in the Punjab Assembly on Monday said that with a development package of Rs. 560 billion, this was the historic budget of Punjab due to personal efforts of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar. He said the government was currently […]

LAHORE: Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan on Monday expressed happiness over the completion and inauguration of the new building of the Punjab Assembly. According to official sources here, he said credit for completing the Punjab Assembly’s new building went to Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. He said negligence of the previous rulers delayed the completion […]

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Auqaf Syed Saeed ul Hassan Shah congratulated Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for presenting the best budget of the province. Commenting on the budget presented by the Punjab government in the new building of Punjab Assembly, he said that historic budget 2021-22 would start a new era of development and prosperity […]

LAHORE: Provincial Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakhat said on Monday that a total of Rs 560 billion would be spent on developmental schemes/projects of various sectors during the next financial year (2021-2022). During his budget speech in the assembly session here, he said that despite huge economic challenges and repercussions of corona pandemic, the […]

LAHORE: South Punjab will receive a total Rs 189 billion (34 percent) from Rs 560 billion ADP of the province for financial year 2021-22. Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht in his budget speech on the floor of Punjab Assembly here Monday, said that over the last many years, the unjust distribution of resources had […]

LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday adjourned the hearing of assets beyond means and money laundering reference against Shehbaz Sharif family till July 8. Duty Judge Sheikh Sajjad Ahmad conducted the proceedings, wherein Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz appeared and got his attendance marked. A counsel for the Opposition Leader in the […]