LAHORE:Provincial Assembly of Punjab started its budget session with Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari in the chair, here at Aiwan-e-Iqbal at 4:15pm, with almost one hour and 15 minutes delay against its scheduled time of 3:00 pm.
Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, provincial ministers and members of treasury benches attended the session.
The session formally started with recitation from the holy Quran and Naat-e-Rasool.
Later on, Provincial Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari started the budget speech to present the first budget of the present government for financial year 2022-23.