Sindh budget for FY 2020-21 today.

KARACHI -- Sindh's annual budget for the next financial year 2020-21 will be presented in Sindh Assembly today.

The chief minister would chair a meeting of the cabinet before presenting the budget 2020-21 in the assembly and approval will be given to the budget.

Earlier, speaking at the parliamentary party meeting of the Pakistan People's Party held here at CM House on Sunday, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had announced that he would present the annual budget for the next financial year on June 17 (Wednesday).

The CM said that before presenting the budget 2020-21 in the assembly, he would chair a meeting of the cabinet to approve the budget. He said that the coronavirus had not only affected the people but it had badly affected the budget estimates for the next year.

'Despite critical conditions, I will try my best to provide relief to the poor people of the province through budgetary measures,' he said.

He said that in the next budget priorities would be given to the health sector under which new facilities would be established. 'We have to contain the virus which is spreading throughout the province,' he said.

He said that coronavirus was claiming more lives every day and number of cases being reported daily had crossed 2000 cases. 'This is a serious situation, therefore, our people have to adopt precautionary measures and we have to further strengthen our health system,' he added. Mr Shah said water and sanitation sector, poverty reduction, development of social sector and revival of provincial economy would be given top priorities in the upcoming budget.

However, he said, instead of launching new schemes focus would be on completion of ongoing schemes.

Mr Shah said that after coronavirus, locust swarm attack was a standing threat to the agro-economy of the province...

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