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QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly passed the Rs1.089 trillion budget for the next fiscal year 2026-27 of developmental and non-developmental expenditures without facing any cut motion on any demand for grants, on Sunday.
The assembly officials confirmed that no opposition members submitted any cut motion on demand for grants for the next financial year 2026-27 budget.
The supplementary budget was also approved by the house without any debate and cut motion by the opposition members the other day.
Finance Minister Shoaib Ahmed Nosherwani presented 53 demands for grants worth Rs797.808 billion for non-development expenditures, while 45 demands for grants amounting to Rs291bn were sanctioned for development spending. The assembly also passed the Balochistan Finance Bill, 2026. While presiding over the session, Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai asked Finance Minister Nosherwani to present demand for grants for the approval of budget 2026-27 after which he moved 98 demands for grants one by one.
