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Sindh Assembly passes Rs8 trillion budget for nine months

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KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Sunday passed over eight trillion rupees budget for nine months of current fiscal year 2018-19.

To conclude the budget session, leader of the house, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, who has also the portfolio of finance minister, said that institutions needed to be reformed for development of the country.

The chief minister informed the house that 15 billion rupees have been allocated for education sector. He said Thar coal will start producing energy at the end of this year.

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The opposition presented the 113 cut motions to curtail the expenditure from the budget but all cut motions were rejected with majority votes of treasury benches.

The house has now been prorogued.

Murad Ali Shah announced to bring reforms into the police department and termed it ‘Amal Reforms’ in the memory of the minor girl who was mistakenly shot in a police shootout.

Declaring to start a war against the street crimes in Karachi, the Chief Minister admitted that the menace has grown worsen lately but it will be curbed soon. “Amal reforms will be introduced which will improve the performance of police department,” he added.

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