DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 21: The district Nazim on Monday presented a surplus budget for 2003-04 with a total outlay of Rs1.2 billion.

Highlighting important aspects of the new budget, district Nazim Latifullah Alizai said that Rs790 million had been earmarked under the head of salaries and allowances while Rs80 million had been allocated for non-developmental expenditures.

The district Nazim said that Rs10 million had been reserved for the social welfare sector while Rs85 million had been allocated for projects under the Annual Developmental Programme, adding that Rs26.5 million would be spent on the development of tehsil and union councils while Rs55 million would be spent on various development schemes of the district government.

Mr Alizai said a record numbers of development works had been completed during the past two year in the district while sufficient development.

He said that the district had saved Rs30 million during the previous financial year, which he added would be spent on various development works during the current fiscal year.

The Nazim said that these funds would be utilised judiciously. Members of the district council also staged a walkout against the continuous absence of the executive district officers of various government departments from the council’s sessions.

GOVERNOR’S VISIT: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah will visit Dera Ismail Khan on Thursday, July 24.