Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti has explained why nearly 80 percent of the province’s annual budget is spent on non-development expenditures, while reaffirming that no compromise will be made on public interest and that the reform process will continue.
In a message shared on social media platform X, the Chief Minister said Balochistan’s annual budget of around Rs 1,000 billion reflects a structural imbalance. According to him, the bulk of the budget is consumed by salaries and pensions of approximately 250,000 government employees, leaving only about Rs 200 billion available for the welfare and development of the province’s 13 million people.
Mir Sarfraz Bugti stated that the situation exposes long-standing governance challenges and limits the government’s ability to invest adequately in public services, infrastructure, and development projects across the province.
To address this imbalance, he said, the provincial government has undertaken a series of structural reforms over the past two years. These measures include shutting down obsolete and ineffective government offices, abolishing 8,000 unnecessary government posts, and taking across-the-board action against absentee employees.
The Chief Minister emphasized that these decisions were difficult but necessary to protect public resources and ensure better service delivery.
“The reform journey is not yet complete. I will not compromise on the public interest of the people of Balochistan, and this process of reforms will continue under all circumstances,” he said.
