The KPK finance minister made best of a bad bargain by presenting annual budget of his province the other day As far as its timings was concerned it appeared odd to many as provincial budgets are normally presented once the federal government announced its annual budget.
A cursory glance over it would reveal that despite limited financial resources the KPK government did try its best to squeeze in money from all possible sources to cater for the pressing bed and butter well as medical requirements of the common man of the province .
Besides, adequate funds have been provided for education also.
The ten percent increase in pay and pensions of government servants would provide a relief to the government servants as price spiral in basic consumer goods has made it difficult for them to keep body and soul together.
The fixation of RS 36000 as minimum monthly wage was also a revolutionary step.
