Sindh CM presents Rs1241bn budget for FY 2020-21

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 05 Jan 2023

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is presenting the budget in the Sindh Assembly for the Fiscal year 2020-21.

CM Murad Ali Shah in his budget speech said that the total outlay of the provincial budget for Financial Year 2020-21 stands at Rs1.24 trillion.

He said that Sindh govt followed the universally adopted approach to address the threat posed by COVID-19, adding that Sindh was the first province who took steps for enforcing and implementing a lockdown.

“Steps were taken as soon as the first case surfaced on 26th February 2020, and schools were immediately closed to protect our children. We moved towards closing down all places where people could gather and a lockdown was imposed on 23rd March 2020.” He said.