Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said government has decided to adopt austerity measures and diminish unnecessary expenditures to ensure that public money is spent on the welfare of an ordinary man. As part of long-term strategy, government envisages to increase its revenue in order to enhance the development budget of the province which is 43 percent of the country.
“Drastic measures were being put in place to improve the service delivery and good governance,” he said while addressing the Balochistan Assembly session held Speaker Captain Retired Abuld Khaliq Achakzai in chair. Government plan about PSDP, he expressed government resole to spend Rs 220 billion on the uplift of the entire province.
Giving his insight on issues face by the people of Quetta, CM said, the solution lies in urbanization. “Cities including the provincial capital will be expanded besides developing the new cities to accommodate the scattered and deprived population of the province. Giving credit to the coalition government and state machinery, he noted that first time in the history of Balochsitan as many as 70 percent of approved development schemes are part of the provincial PSDP 2024-25.
The Planning and Development Department have been asked to complete the technical approval of the remaining 30 percent schemes by July 20 so that implementation of the same may be completes at earliest. “July first 2024 was the date for first Tender of the project after which our members of the assembly and government machinery will be accountable to public for execution and timely completion of standard projects.
A proper mechanism has been devised to review the progress of the development projects after every fifteen days. The parliamentarians and secretaries of concerned departments will be in project execution field to ensure the quality of the project and their completion within the stipulated time.
However, the CM said that out of which only two were approved which laudable as after 18th amendment, it is the first time when the Federal government has agreed to finance provincial level schemes. Lauding the support of the Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif to the deprived province of the country.
