PA passes Rs1.217 trillion zero-deficit budget for 2019-20
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Amid strong protest and criticism by the opposition, the Sindh government’s zero-deficit budget for the new financial year was passed through a majority vote by the provincial assembly on Wednesday. The total volume of the budget will be Rs1.217 trillion. Through a majority vote, the PA approved 159 demands for grants of the Sindh government pertaining to the provincial budget for 2019-20. The total volume of demands for grants is Rs1.1855 trillion. The House rejected, also through majority votes, 543 cut motions of the opposition that sought to curtail the expenditures of the provincial government in the new financial year. The new provincial budget envisages increase in salaries of...