Provincial budget plans eye up political gains more than service of the citizens

As the country is getting over the second wave of Covid-19 and bracing itself for an imminent third wave , politicians are busy with their own shenanigans. After a lot of hullabaloos over the finance minister announcing the new budget for the next fiscal year at the federal level, a similar suit has followed as provincial governments also presented their annual budget plans last week.

Even though the budget plans promised to be beneficial for the people, experts say that most of the projects only favour politicians and the different organisations they are affiliated with. Despite people claiming the budget plans reflected the political desires of the leaders and called for amendments, the governments have not listened to the suggestions. The budget plans are so favourable towards provincial lawmakers and political leaders that even opposition parties are not opposing them.