Press Release

1st July 2010

Balochistan govt presented historical budget: Speaker Aslam Bhootani

QUETTA: Speaker Balochistan Assembly Aslam Bhootani has siad that NFC Award will reduce financial problems faced by Balochistan province, saying provincial government led by chief minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has presented a historical budget of Rs 152 billion which would help resolve finanacial probelms of the province.

               He said Provincial government has given top priority to health and education sectors in the budget as last year
Rs 29 crore had been allocated for medicines which have now been increased up to Rs 113 crore so as peole of far
flung areas could take benifit of health care facilities. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting under
PILDAT here the other day.
              Speaker Aslam Bhootani  said that the provincial government while presenting its view
point in NFC award achieved significant success which would help reduce finacial constraints of the province.
Speaker Asloam Bhootani while lauding PILDAT efforts aganst fatal diseses siad such steps were need of the hour
ande would help overcome these diseses. In this regard cooperation edxtended by Assembly memebers was laudable,
he added.
              Aslam Bhootani said that peole have sent thier elected representtaives to the assemblies therefore they
should themsleve supervise vaccination teams besides creating awarness among people about fatal diseases.