Islamabad, (Parliament Times) : Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has said that the government is determined to bring economic prosperity to all sectors of the economy.
Addressing a consultative meeting on the upcoming budget, here at Jammu and Kashmir House, the prime minister said it would ensure the equal distribution of resources in various sectors including education and health. “Special importance should be given to education,health,tourism, agriculture, livestock and information technology,” he emphasized to the government officials. He said,“continuity of providing facilities to the people should be maintained by presenting a balanced and people-friendly budget”.The meeting was attended by the Most Senior Minister Colonel (Retd) Waqar Ahmed Noor, Government Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, Chief Secretary Dr. Muhammad Usman Chachar, Additional Chief Secretary Development Fayyaz Ali Abbasi and Secretary Finance Ismatullah Shah participated.Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister said that the budget should be enhanced for every department in order to achieve institutional stability and strengthen.He said that the health and education sectors need to be specifically targeted. He said that in the budget it should be ensured the provision of balanced funds to all sectors, including hydraulic power, education, tourism, information, electronics, public health, physical planning, local government, electronics, livestock, agriculture, sports, information and agriculture.He said that a viable work plan should be devised to spend the surplus of the budget on the welfare of the people. He said that we need to improve our universities, colleges and schools.“When resources are given, they will deliver results,the same way, there is a need to improve the quality of divisional, district and tehsil level hospitals so that the people can get the best health facilities, new ideas are needed in the field of tourism, agriculture, live stock and information technology, so that the society as a whole can improve,”. he added.“ Innovative ideas are encouraged in the new budget. Any idea will be encouraged which will bring overall benefit and increase convenience for people,he said.
