After a week-long debate, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly unanimously passed its budget for fiscal year 2014-15, worth Rs62 billion yesterday.
Expressing gratitude and felicitations to the opposition and treasury benches for their unanimous approval, Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed vowed to come up to the expectations of the house and implement all of his announcements.
“The consensus, seriousness and sincerity of AJK’s political and parliamentary leadership on national issues will send a positive message across the state and elsewhere in the world. It also reflects the sagacity with which AJK leadership is advancing the political process,” he said.
Stating that the budget had been prepared in accordance with Peoples Party’s manifesto, he proudly said that instead of putting the burden of taxes on the citizens, the government had paid attention towards welfare.
