Alyani rejects opposition's criticism of budget.

Byline: Saleem Shahid

QUETTA -- Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has rejected criticism of opposition parties over the next year's budget and said people of the province would decide about it.

Winding up the budget debate in the provincial assembly on Monday evening, he said his government believed in equal development of the province and not a single area of Balochistan had been ignored in the Public Sector development Programme.

Enough funds had been allocated for ongoing and new development schemes. The government had initiated development schemes in all districts at a cost of over Rs70 billion, he added.

The chief minister said that after coming to power in 2018, the coalition government faced a lot of issues and financial difficulties, but with the cooperation of coalition parties it improved law order, governance, monitoring system and functioning of the institutions.

He...