ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that austerity needs to beexercised at all levels in view of current fiscal situation.
Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Monday in which he was briefed aboutPunjab’s annual budget 2019-20, he said example should be set from the topin this regard.
The Prime Minister was informed that inline with PTI’s manifesto, the focusof the Punjab’s budget, is human development and regional equalization withgreater allocations for social sectors and promotion of agriculture andindustry.
The meeting was also informed that special emphasis is being laid onpromotion of public private partnership in development projects.
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The meeting was attended amongst others by Minister for Planning andDevelopment Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Adviser on Commerce Razaq Dawood,Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, Finance Minister Punjab MakhdoomHashim Jawan Bakht, the Secretary Finance Punjab, the Governor State Bankof Pakistan and the Chairman FBR.
