The government has decided to ignore education and health projects in the next financial year, despite Indian threats to shut down water, the government has decided to ignore water projects and give importance to road construction. According to the details, the government has prepared a development plan worth thousands of billions of rupees for the next financial year, in which apparently the most attention will be paid to road construction.

The government has prepared a development plan of Rs4,100 billion for the next fiscal year. Economic experts have also raised questions about such a large-scale development plan despite financial difficulties. According to media reports, in the proposed new development plan of thousands of billions of rupees, the government has given more importance to the construction of roads, keeping in mind political priorities, instead of spending money on basic issues. Despite financial difficulties, Rs50 billion will be awarded for the development schemes of members of the assembly.

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The government has neglected education, health and water projects in the proposed development plan of more than Rs4,000 billion. The budget of the Federal Ministry of Education has been cut by Rs20 billion, or 27 percent. While the budget of higher education will also be reduced by 32 percent to Rs45 billion. It has been reported that the development budget of the federation and the provinces for the next fiscal year will be 8 percent more than the current fiscal year, or Rs300 billion more.

The federal share in the next development program has been reduced by Rs400 billion, while the provinces will spend 28 percent more. In the proposed development plan for the next fiscal year, the government has surprisingly decided to cut the budget for water projects. Despite India’s threats to cut water, the amount for water projects has been reduced by 45 percent, or Rs119 billion, to Rs140 billion. The amount for the most important water project, Diamer Bhasha Dam, has also been reduced by Rs5 billion, bringing it to Rs35 billion compared to Rs40 billion in the current fiscal year.