Karachi: The chief minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, while revealing the annual budget of the Provincial Assembly, presented the annual development program (ADP) of his government for the financial year 2025-26 with a total expenditure of 1,018 billion rupees.
The provincial ADP is set at 520 billion rupees, supplemented by the DISTRICT ADP, Assistance to the Foreign Project (FPA) and Federal PSDP subsidies (Public Sector Development Program). This ambitious development plan focuses on rehabilitation, infrastructure, social services and sustainable growth throughout the province.
Budget allowances include 520 billion rupees reserved for provincial ADP; 55 billion rupees allocated to the District ADP; Rs 366.72 billion to receive via FPA; and 76.28 billion rupees to be allocated via the Federal PSDP.
The ADP and the Sindh government development portfolio during the new financial year will focus on rehabilitation of schools and infrastructure damaged by floods to improve access to education; Improve health establishments for improved services; Promotion of the restoration of the agricultural system and the resilient irrigation system; Provision of drinking water and sanitation to improve public health; Strengthen road connectivity and urban infrastructure, including public transport and safe city projects in Karachi; Implementation of green energy initiatives and renewable energy projects; Poverty retileing through nutritional support, community infrastructure and low -cost housing
The ADP includes 3,642 development diagrams with 400.5 billion rupees allocated – 82.6% for 3,161 projects in progress and 17.4% for 481 new initiatives. Special development initiatives were allocated to 119.5 billion rupees.
Sector allowances include 102.8 billion rupees for education; 45.4 billion rupees for health; 84 billion rupees for irrigation; RS132 billion for the local government; RS143 billion for work and services; RS36.3 billion for energy (including Thar coal and renewal); RS22.5 billion for agriculture, livestock, fisheries; and 59.7 billion rupees for transport and public transport.
The government emphasizes the realization of current projects by allocating 80% of the budget, while around 20% are reserved for new diets. A particular priority is granted to rehabilitation floods, energy initiatives, projects in the city of Karachi and sustainable development objectives such as drinking water and sanitation.
The planning and development service will grant the accelerated approval of SDG projects, with strict financial release strategies to ensure the completion in a timely time. The government also plans to extend the period of plan of the regimes expired in June 2025 by one year to maintain the continuity of development initiatives.
The financial performance of the outgoing year has experienced the completion of 1,460 regimes, the highest in recent years, with significant progress in housing for people affected by floods – more than 400,000 houses have been completed and others are under construction. Total development expenditure reached 468 billion rupees, with a use of 73% of the funds released. During the last financial year 2024-25, the Sindh government did not allocate funds to new development plans in order to ensure that there would be maximum concentration, with the availability of all financial resources, on the completion of current uprising projects.
