Sindh proposes Rs3.056 trillion budget for FY2025-26 with focus on development

WEB DESK: The Sindh government has prepared a Rs3.056 trillion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, with over Rs1.1 trillion earmarked for development projects, according to sources.

Key allocations include Rs550 billion for education, Rs340 billion for health, Rs350 billion for local government, and Rs200 billion for the interior department. The transport sector may receive Rs75 billion, while poverty alleviation programs are expected to get Rs40 billion. Karachi’s mega projects could see Rs12 billion, with an additional Rs21.14 billion allocated for ongoing schemes.

Tax collection targets are set at over Rs800 billion, while PPP-mode projects worth Rs400 billion will also be part of the budget.

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Earlier the central spokesperson of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Shazia Marri, had said that the “party rejects the 18 per cent tax on solar panels”. She also said that the party considers increase in salaries and pensions “insufficient”.

Shazia Marri said that after the announcement of the federal budget, people only had the option to use solar panels to avoid expensive electricity bills. She said that with these taxes, now that options has also been taken away from the people. “We reject the 18 per cent tax on solar panels,” she added.

She pointed out that the increase in salaries and pensions is also insufficient at the prevalent inflation levels. “It is a joke that only Rs 15 billion has been allocated for the Hyderabad-Karachi Motorway,” Marri added.