ISLAMABAD – Minister for Finance, Asad Umar Tuesday said that no cut indevelopment budget for projects of China Pakistan Economic Corridor,Diamer-Bhasha dam and Higher Education Commission was proposed in thesupplementary budget.
Presenting the supplementary budget in the National Assembly, the ministersaid the government proposed to slash around Rs 250 billion on thedevelopment projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP)2018-19 to Rs 725 billion.
The previous government allocated Rs 23 billion for Diamer-Bhasha dam andRs 46 billion for various development projects of HEC under PSDP 2018-19.
