Punjab PA passes budget with majority
PML-N MPA raises concerns over arrest of party workers
A file photo of Punjab Assembly in session. PHOTO: ONLINE
LAHORE:
The provincial government passed, with majority votes, its budget of Rs2.65 trillion for the next financial year 2021-22 in the Punjab Assembly.
Provincial Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht moved the Punjab Finance Bill 2021 which later the government passed with the majority votes. Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar was also present in the house.
As the House proceedings started, the PML-N’s lawmaker Toufeeq Butt, on point of order, wished to express his concerns.
At which the Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Elahi allowed him. MPA Butt said his party’s workers were being harassed and arrested by the police in Gujranwala. He claimed police raided their homes, arrested them but did not mention their arrest in relevant documents of the police station.