CDGK Rs 37 billion budget unveiled

Another opposition leader of Al Khidmat group Rafiq Ahmed said that during the tenure of previous former City Nazim Naimatullah Khan released UC funds for all the UC nazims with out any discrimination of any party. Rafiq Ahmed said that in the fiscal 2008-09, there is no allocation of funds for UC Nazims and the present allocated funds of UC Nazim Rs 1.80b only 800m has been released due to which dozens of development projects and civic issues could not be resolved at grass root level in the UC, specially belonging to the Opposition members , he said. City nazim Mustafa Kamal when started his address to the City Council members the Opposition members stood up start chanted slogans 'UC funds Bahal Karo'. They also brought placards on which they demanded for the restoration of UC funds and finishing injustice with the Opposition members. On the other hand Treasury members welcomed City Nazim by thumping their desks. City Nazim repeatedly requesting to the Opposition members to sit on their seats and listen his speech with peace and calm in which he would inform the allocation of funds for UC funds in the fiscal 2008-09. But Opposition members were not ready to listen the City Nazim's speech and continued their protest chanted slogans created pandemonium and uproar by making hue and cry repeatedly.

City nazim Mustafa Kamal on that occasion told them sarcastically that he knew their political needs of Opposition members to make news and picture showing Opposition to the City govt other wise during the one hour delay before the council session, the Opposition members have been taken into the confidence about the details of budget 2008-09, thus, he requested them to sit and listen to budget speech.

But City Council Opposition members were not ready to listen to the Nazim speech with peace and calm they continued their protest, thumping desks chanted slogans. He informed the Opposition members that Rs 1b has been allocated for UC nazims.

When City Nazim's speech was continuing, the Opposition members boycotted the session and came out to the City Council's session hall. City Nazim continued his speech and informed the Treasury members about the details of the budget 20-09 and future development projects and planning.

Later, in the absence of Opposition member, the resolution tabled of CDGK's budget for fiscal 2008-09, and it has been approved on the basis of the majority of the members.