LAHORE: Annual budget of the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore for the fiscal year 2025-26 was approved on Saturday in a meeting presided over the MCL’s administrator.

The MCL expects receipts and expenditures amounting to Rs21.096 billion and Rs20.041 billion, reflecting Rs1.054 billion as surplus.

A sum of Rs7.5 billion has been allocated for salary. Another sum of Rs2 billion was earmarked for new development schemes and Rs1.5 billion for ongoing schemes.

“Rs1.3 billion have been allocated for electricity bills, Rs550 million for fuel of over 200 MCL vehicles and Rs300 million for purchase of new street lights,” explained a senior MCL official while talking to Dawn on Saturday.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2025