SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Under this head, the provincial government has increased its budget from Rs8bn to Rs12bn for the next financial year and intends to expand the operations of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board to other districts, including Hyderabad, Qasimabad, Kotri, Sukkur City and Rohri.

Ruckus in assembly

The budget session in the provincial assembly witnessed a ruckus as the lawmakers belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) involved in a scuffle, with one female member from both sides of the aisle accusing each other of stealing mobile phones.

The PTI members lodged a protest and gathered in front of the speaker's rostrum, chanting slogans against what they called an imported budget.

The house echoed with slogans...