Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Sirajul Haq said here on Sunday that provincial government presented a poor-friendly and austerity-oriented budget for next financial year 2014-15.
Addressing a post-budget press conference, he said that government allocated Rs7.90 billion for initiating pro-poor schemes like health insurance scheme, insulin for life, mother and child health programme and nursing training programme.
The budget, which was unveiled on Saturday, however, doesn’t suggest short and long term plans to contain current expenditure, which is 71 per cent of the total outlay.
To a question during the press conference, the minister admitted that expansion in public sector was a matter of concern for the provincial government.
