Punjab presents infrastructure-focused Rs5.33tr budget

• Health, education get major allocations • Govt employees’ salaries up by 10pc
• Minimum pay raised to Rs40,000 • 50,000 families to get house loans
• Lahore remains priority for development schemes
• Credible plan to boost tax revenues missing

LAHORE: The PML-N government in Punjab on Monday proposed a Rs5.33 trillion annual budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, focusing primarily on large infrastructure schemes and freebies for the urban middle classes, especially the youth...