KP budget for FY 2017-18 to be presented today

Dunya News

KP budget for FY 2017-18 with an estimated outlay of over Rs 600 billion will be presented today.

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa budget for the fiscal year 2017-18 with an estimated outlay of over Rs 600 billion will be presented today (Wednesday).

Muzaffar Saeed, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Finance Minister will present the budget in the assembly at 2:00pm.

Rs 208 billion were recommended to be allocated for annual development projects while over Rs 95 billion were asked to be reserved for provincial development programme.

Salaries of the government employees will be increased by 10 to 15 percent. There is no other project to provide relief to the general public in the budget 2017-18.