Bilawal terms Sindh budget as balanced, pro-poor.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has appreciated the people's government of Sindh for presenting a balanced budget, which caters to the urgent needs of the people and province in the wake of coronavirus, locust attacks and poverty.

During a video-link call with Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah after he presented Sindh budget and attended NCOC meeting, the PPP chairman said by increasing the salaries upto 10% of the provincial government employees and earmarking massive funds for health, education and agriculture sectors, the Sindh government had displayed its commitment to its citizens despite fiscal constraints and federal government's non-cooperative attitude.

Bilawal pointed out that PTI governments in centre and other provinces chose to throw their employees at the mercy of unbearable inflation and price-hike but Sindh government raised...