Punjab unveils Rs2026bn budget amid opposition protest.

LAHORE -- The Punjab government on Tuesday unveiled its 2026.51 billion rupees budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 amid ruckus in the provincial assembly by oppositon members on the arrest of Shehbaz Sharif. Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Bakht while presenting the budget criticised the previous government over what he said was flawed planning which resulted in huge loss to the provincial exchequer.

He said the PML-N left nothing but the option of taking loans for the incumbent government as the loans have become a necessity in order to run the affairs of the province and the country at large.

Referring to the 100 Days Agenda as public friendly, Bakht said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will lay foundation of a progressive...