Lahore, May 23, 2022 (PPI-OT):A meeting was held under the chair of Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz at his office today in which salient features of the budget for the new financial year and annual development program were reviewed. The CM directed to focus on providing maximum facilities to the common man.

The new budget should be pro-poor and it should not impose any burden on the common man, he stressed. Out of box measures should be taken to lessen the difficulties for people, he said. While instructing to increase the funds for south Punjab, he stated that more resources should be allocated for the welfare of the people of south Punjab.

Hamza Shahbaz directed to finalize the new budget and ADP proposals soon and formed a high-level committee consisting of elected representatives and economists. Members of Punjab assembly Abdul Aleem Khan, Sardar Owais Leghari, Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Kh. Imran Nazir, Zeeshan Rafiq, PMLN leader Atta Tarar, chairman P and D and others attended the meeting.

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Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab
Government of the Punjab
8-Club Road, GOR-I, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99205562-3
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Website: https://cm.punjab.gov.pk/