NA Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf led Business Advisory proposes conclusion of budget session on June 24, 2023

ISLAMABAD, June 13 (SABAH): A meeting of the House Business Advisory Committee of the National Assembly under the chairmanship of Speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday proposed to conclude the ongoing budget 2023-24  on Saturday, June 24, 2023 after completion of its business. However, if the state of business so requires, necessary adjustments would be made with the approval of the Speaker.

While discussing provisional allotment of days for different stages of the discussion on the budget, the meeting agreed to continue the general discussion on the budget 2023-24 till June 17; followed by consideration of the recommendations made by the Senate of Pakistan and winding up of general discussion on the budget 2023-24 by the Finance Minister on June 19, 2023. Discussion on Appropriations in respect of charged expenditure will be held on June 20 while Cut Motions will be taken up on June 21-22. Consideration and passage of the Finance Bill, 2023 is proposed for June 23, while June 24,2023 is earmarked for consideration of supplementary demands for grants for the years 2021-2022 and 2023, among others.

The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers Rana Tanveer Hussain, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Ms Shazia Atta Marri, Members of National Assembly Khalid Hussain Magsi, Chaudhry Hamid Hameed, Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani, Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, Chaudhry Muhammad Birjees Tahir, National Assembly Secretary Tahir Hussain and Additional Secretary legislation Muhammad Mushtaq.