MIRPUR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) could not present the budget for financial year 2021-22 in the scheduled budget session of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
The AJK Legislative Assembly met in the state metropolis on Wednesday with Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir in the chair. After this, the budget session was adjourned sine-die.
It came after the AJK cabinet met in the state capital town on Wednesday afternoon with AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan in the chair. The AJK cabinet did not give formal approval to the budget summary to move to the floor of the House for presentation.
This year will be the last budget of the incumbent PML-N-led government of Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, which is completing its current five-year constitutional term on July 24 this year. The next government in the AJK will be formed after scheduled general elections to the state Legislative Assembly to be held on July 25.