Controversy in AJK over post-approval budget debate

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly met on Monday to discuss the approved budget estimates for the upcoming fiscal year and revised figures for the current year, triggering a sharp debate over the legality of holding such discussions after formal passage of the budget.

The session was marked by the absence of opposition lawmakers. A three-member ministerial committee sent by Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar to bring them in informed the House of their refusal to attend...