LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghous Pasha has announced that the provincial budget for 2016-17 will be presented in the provincial assembly on June 13.
The provincial minister said that after getting approval from Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Governor Rafiq Rajwana, the final date to present the budget has been fixed. She said that the budget will be development-oriented in which public friendly tax collection system, social welfare projects, health, communication and strong polices for better performance of important departments would be introduced.
Revolutionary measures would also be announced for addressing the problems faced by small farmers and development of agriculture sector and special attention is also being given for the promotion of businesses and increase in exports.
She said that ongoing projects would be focused in the budget 2016-17 instead of new schemes so that these are completed at the earliest and common man can be benefited from them. The provincial minister said that it has been tried to control price-hike in the budget and no sector of public welfare would be neglected.
