AJK Cabinet asks federal govt to reverse its budget cut.

MUZAFFARABAD ( AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Cabinet on Sunday asked the Federal government its decision of slashing the state's development budget cut, otherwise, it would not announce the next fiscal year's bidget.

The AJK cabinet took this decision to the effect in a meeting chaired by the AJK Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Illyas , an official press release said.

The meeting was specially attended by acting President / Speaker AJK Legislative Assembly Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq.

Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said the federal government was imposing cuts on budgets of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

'Azad Kashmir is the base camp of Kashmir's liberation struggle and in view of its great importance especially in terms of defence the region cannot afford budgetary cuts', he said.

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