Lahore:
The chief minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, says while addressing a meeting of the provincial firm on Monday, “we do not only give a zero tax budget, but the biggest development budget. The previous development budget was also a record, we will break all our own records. We have not only given an excess budget of the province of 740 rupees.”
The chief minister said that 100 innovative programs and projects had started in Punjab, that 700 roads were under construction and that the construction and expansion of 12,000 km of roads are a record.
She added: “Complete attention is focused on people, there is no example of a budget as high in health and education in history. Free drugs will be available everywhere. We will also reach our goal of providing essential facilities in public schools during this year.”
She pointed out: “A record of cleanliness has been established in the province of Eid. It is easy to increase taxes by increasing their rate, but we will rather focus on improving the tax net. If we build two or four major projects, it seems that a big job has been done, but we bought them in a single year. More than 40,000 houses could not be built in 40 years but only year. “.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said: “I have memorized figures related to each 2025-26 budget department, which will prove to be an unprecedented budget in the history of the country.”
She added: “We will consider the granting of government employees on their performance, the minimum wage of a workers is set at 40,000 rupees per month.” She stressed that “the salary system should be digitized. The local debt rate in Punjab has decreased by 94%.”
The chief minister said: “We present a historic set of public service. Governance improves due to financial discipline.”
She added: “All progress will be presented to the provincial assembly, everyone will say how many funds have been spent where no scandal has surfaced due to electronic tension and good governance.”
