Punjab Assembly defers plan to present three-month budget till March 18
LAHORE (MNP) – The Punjab Assembly decided on Friday that it would not approve the provincial budget for the remaining three months of the financial year 2023-24.
The legislators said they would present the budget and debate on it on March 18. The agenda of the assembly session was issued.
The Punjab government intends to present six ordinances in the assembly.
The assembly has already given its approval for the budget pertaining to the current month (March) two weeks back. Earlier, the speaker called the budget session.
Meanwhile, the opposition announced earlier in the day that it would not allow passage of the budget.
The caretaker Punjab government whose tenure extended beyond the constitutional limit had the mandate to approve the budget for four months only.
