LAHORE: The provincial cabinet has called its fourth meeting to approve the annual budget for the fiscal 2018-19 on Tuesday morning ahead of Punjab Assembly [budget] session called in the evening.

The cabinet meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar will discuss and approve budget estimates for the financial year 2018-19 including current and development allocations. The meeting will also grant approval to the finance bill.

Besides confirming minutes of the second and third meetings, the cabinet will also ratify decision of first meeting of the standing committee on finance and development.

Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2018

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