PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa presented surplus budget for the fiscal year 2025–26 in the provincial assembly on Friday.
Total income is estimated at Rs2,119 billion while expenditure stands at Rs1,962 billion, leaving Rs157 billion as surplus. Annual Development Program (ADP) set at Rs547 billion
Presenting the budget, KP Finance Minister Aftab Alam proposed a 10 per cent increase in salaries of government emplyees, a 7pc raise in pensions and increasing minimum monthly wage from Rs36,000 to Rs40,000.
Under the Sehat Card Plus program, 4.4 million people have benefitted so far, and the initiative now covers the entire population of the province.
He proposed allocating Rs4.9 billion for higher education, saying the government aimed at ensuring provision of quality education to the citizens.
Meanwhile, opposition leader Abbadullah accused the government of excluding opposition lawmakers from development funds.
He said the budget was a vote of no-confidence against their own party founder.
