QUETTA – Balochistan Finance Minister Mir Shuaib Nosherwani presented a Rs 1,089 billion budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the provincial assembly. While presenting the budget, the minister said the government utilised 115 % of the allocated budget during the previous fiscal year. The news comes at a time of heightened scrutiny on the issue.

Context and History

Tracing the events that led here provides important context for what follows.

The non-development budget has been set at Rs 797 billion, whereas the overall provincial development budget stands at Rs 206 billion.

Development allocations and new schemes For new schemes, Rs 106 billion has been allocated, whereas Rs 100 billion has been set aside for ongoing projects.

Further developments have shed additional light on the matter. the budget also includes Rs 45 billion in federal development grants and Rs 40 billion under foreign project assistance.

Reactions and Responses

With opinions divided in some quarters, the overall assessment remains significant.

The finance minister said the provincial budget remains in surplus and efforts are underway to further improve revenue, targeting an increase to Rs 170 billion.

At the same time, rs 10 billion has been set aside for the establishment of the Bank of Balochistan, whereas Rs 3 billion each has been allocated for the Balochistan Aviation Company and divisional headquarters master planning.

As the story continues to develop, for the health sector, Rs 6 billion has been allocated for development, while Rs 90 billion has been set aside for non-development expenditures excluding assets.

Policy Implications

The impact of this situation is expected to be felt across multiple areas.

For education, Rs 12 billion has been allocated for development and Rs 115 billion for non-development spending in school education, while colleges have been allocated Rs 2.3 billion for development and Rs 28.7 billion for non-development expenses.

Notably, further allocations include Rs 4.4 billion for agriculture development, Rs 19.2 billion for non-development agriculture spending, Rs 9 million for commodity management, Rs 5.08 billion for non-development, Rs 8.5 billion for local government development and Rs 41.4 billion for non-development, and Rs 27 billion and Rs 20 billion respectively for communications and works.

What has become increasingly clear is that for law and order, Rs 2.8 billion has been allocated under non-development expenditure, while the Board of Revenue has been allocated Rs 2.8 billion for development and Rs 8.2 billion for non-development.

As the story continues to develop, the transport sector has been allocated Rs 1.5 billion for development and Rs 1.29 billion for non-development spending.

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The Road Ahead

The developments detailed here represent only the latest chapter in an ongoing story. As more information becomes available, the full picture is expected to come into sharper focus for those following the situation.