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P & R Vol.2 Issue 7
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Balochistan

Publication Year : 2021

On 18th of June 2021, amid chaos of political parties in the Balochistan Provincial Assembly, the, the Finance Minister of Government of Balochistan (GoB), Mir Zahoor Ahmad Buledi, was able to present his government’s third budget of PKR 584.08 billion for financial year 2021-22. The current budget added a new sweetener being named as a Development budget as government allocated PKR 237.22 billion for development expenditure (PSDP and other development expenditure included). The present budget promises to focus the attention in the post-pandemic time to development expenditure that would drive more sustainable jobs. This development enthusiastic budget is actually a 126% jump from the previous year’s revised figures.