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      <title>Balochistan budget comes out today as CM Bizenjo ‘accepts MPAs demands’</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUETTA: The Balochistan government is all set to present its budget for the financial year 2022-23, which was &lt;a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30289825"&gt;delayed for one day&lt;/a&gt;, on Tuesday (today) after sources said Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo met the demands of lawmakers, who were dissatisfied with the omission of development schemes for their areas.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“In exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 109 (a) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, I, Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali, [the] acting governor [of] Balochistan, hereby summon the provincial assembly of Balochistan to meet in the provincial assembly hall, Shara-e-Zarghoon Quetta on Tuesday, the 21st June, 2022 at 4:00pm instead of Monday, 20th June, 2022 at 4:00pm,” said the notification issued by the provincial assembly secretariat on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources said the development came against the backdrop of CM Bizenjo-led faction in the Balochistan Awami Party meeting with the parliamentarians from the former chief minister Jam Kamal faction. Bizenjo managed to win their trust after accepting their demands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salient features&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More than Rs600 billion of budget&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rs100 billion of deficit&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rs385 billion earmarked for non-development expenditures&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;From Rs160 billion to Rs165 billion allocated for development schemes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Relief to government employees&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;15% disparity reduction allowance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;15% adhoc relief allowance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;15% increase in pension&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;100% increase in Health Professional Allowance and House Rental Allowance of paramedics and other technical staff of Health Department&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Grant of one basic salary as additional incentive for doctors posted in Sheikh Zayed Hospital Quetta&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;40% increase in house requisition allowance for secretariat employees&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Regularisation of 1,400 Global Partnership for Education project teachers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Regularisation of Balochistan Development Authority project employees&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Regularisation of Communication and Works Department employees&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reinstatement of fisheries department employees&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Timely processing of promotion cases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fissures in the ruling BAP emerged when CM Bizenjo was elected the new party president in intra-party elections held in the assembly in the general council meeting on Sunday, prompting rejection and ire from “incumbent” president Jam Kamal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kamal, who lost his seat in a confidence vote before Bizenjo, has summoned the party’s general council meeting on August 19.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>QUETTA: The Balochistan government is all set to present its budget for the financial year 2022-23, which was <a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30289825">delayed for one day</a>, on Tuesday (today) after sources said Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo met the demands of lawmakers, who were dissatisfied with the omission of development schemes for their areas.</strong></p>
<p>“In exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 109 (a) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973, I, Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali, [the] acting governor [of] Balochistan, hereby summon the provincial assembly of Balochistan to meet in the provincial assembly hall, Shara-e-Zarghoon Quetta on Tuesday, the 21st June, 2022 at 4:00pm instead of Monday, 20th June, 2022 at 4:00pm,” said the notification issued by the provincial assembly secretariat on Monday.</p>
<p>Sources said the development came against the backdrop of CM Bizenjo-led faction in the Balochistan Awami Party meeting with the parliamentarians from the former chief minister Jam Kamal faction. Bizenjo managed to win their trust after accepting their demands.</p>
<p><strong>Salient features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>More than Rs600 billion of budget</li>
<li>Rs100 billion of deficit</li>
<li>Rs385 billion earmarked for non-development expenditures</li>
<li>From Rs160 billion to Rs165 billion allocated for development schemes</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Relief to government employees</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>15% disparity reduction allowance</li>
<li>15% adhoc relief allowance</li>
<li>15% increase in pension</li>
<li>100% increase in Health Professional Allowance and House Rental Allowance of paramedics and other technical staff of Health Department</li>
<li>Grant of one basic salary as additional incentive for doctors posted in Sheikh Zayed Hospital Quetta</li>
<li>40% increase in house requisition allowance for secretariat employees</li>
<li>Regularisation of 1,400 Global Partnership for Education project teachers</li>
<li>Regularisation of Balochistan Development Authority project employees</li>
<li>Regularisation of Communication and Works Department employees</li>
<li>Reinstatement of fisheries department employees</li>
<li>Timely processing of promotion cases</li>
</ul>
<p>Fissures in the ruling BAP emerged when CM Bizenjo was elected the new party president in intra-party elections held in the assembly in the general council meeting on Sunday, prompting rejection and ire from “incumbent” president Jam Kamal.</p>
<p>Kamal, who lost his seat in a confidence vote before Bizenjo, has summoned the party’s general council meeting on August 19.</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:17:16 +0500</pubDate>
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