KP Assembly Passes Budget For Fiscal Year 2018-19

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly here on Wednesday passed budget for fiscal year 2018-19.

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Oct, 2018 ) :The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly here on Wednesday passed budget for fiscal year 2018-19.

The Assembly approved all demands for grants amounting Rs. 618 billion rupees.

Responding to various cut-motions, leader of the house Mahmood Khan said his government was giving priority to develop backward areas of the province.

He said mega projects would be initiated in every district in the next fiscal year.

Mahmood Khan said promotion of higher education would be encouraged.

He said Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) were investigating into leakage of test for admission in medical colleges by Educational Evaluation Agency. He said Education Testing and Evaluation Agency would be strengthened.

Mahmood Khan said the government welcomes positive criticism of opposition and their reservations would be redressed.

The house also passed finance bill 2018-19 to revise ratio of some taxes. The house will now meetagain on Thursday at 11:00 a.m.