The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government led by PTI presented on Friday a surplus budget of RS2,119 billion for fiscal year 2025-26, without new taxes, a salary increase of 10% and an increase in pensions of 7% for government employees.
The budget session, chaired by the speaker Babar Salim Swati, began with the recitation of the Sacred Koran.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s prime minister, Ali Ameen Gandapur, opposition leader, Dr. Ebad Khan, PPP parliamentary leader, Ahmed Kundi, and leaders of all parties attended.
At the beginning of the session, the members of the opposition met in front of the speaker’s desk, transporting banners and banners with slogans against the alleged corruption and nepotism in the province.
Previously, Governor Faisal Karim Kundi refused to immediately summon the budget session, emphasizing that he would not act under political pressure. He stressed that, although he was legally obliged to respond within 14 days, he did not have the obligation to fulfill instantly, especially under what he called undue influence of the main minister or other rooms.
The prime minister has sent a summary to the governor, requesting to convene the budget session of the Assembly, but the governor has chosen not to return the summary immediately, which leads to a delay in the programming of the session.
When presenting the annual budget, the Minister of Finance, AFTAB Alam, announced that the estimated expenses for fiscal year 2025-26 would total RS1,962 billion, with a projected surplus of RS157 billion.
Providing a breakdown, he said that the Government expects to receive RS292,340 billion of the federal government for fused tribal districts. This includes RS80 billion in current budget subsidies, RS39.600 under the Annual Development Program (ADP), RS50 Billon through the accelerated implementation program (AIP), RS42,740 billion as interprovincial participation and RS17 billion for temporary displaced persons (TDP).
The minister added that the Province anticipates RS3.293 billion of the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP), RS1,506.92 billion in federal transfers, RS129 billion provincial revenues of its own code and RS10.250 billion RS177.18888.
He said that RS137.912 billion would be collected through the participation of one percent of the divisible pool assigned for the War of Terror, RS57.115 billion as direct transfers under gas and oil royalties, RS58.1511110 billion levy on oil, RS34.580 billion Hydel Net costs for the current year, and RS71.410 billion unexpected.
The finance minister added that no new taxes have been imposed on the budget. On the other hand, the tax base has expanded, with projected tax receipts from RS83.500 billion and non -tax receipts from RS45,500 billion for the next fiscal year.
Similarly, the other RS10.25 billion receipts would include capital receipts of RS0.250 billion and another 10 billion forms and means and RS1147.761 billion as an allocation of federal taxes.
The Minister Said the Government has estimated RS1,255 Billion Current Expenditures for Settled Areas Including RS288.514 Billion for Provincial Salaries, RS288.609 Billion Tehsil Salaries, RS190.297 Billion for Pensionion, RS334.028 Billion for Non-Salary Expensses, RS65.657 Billion on Medical Teaching Institutions (Mtis), RS37.545 billion non -salary expenses for Tehsils, capital expenses of RS40.350 billion and RS10 billion under the head of “other forms and means”. Similarly, the current expense of the merged areas is estimated at RS160 billion, including RS56,842 billion for provincial wages, RS46,865 billion for Tehsil wages, RS4.670 billion for pensions, RS24.285 billion for non -loose expenses, RS17 billion for RS10.339 TDPS. spent.
