Pakistan, June 23 -- The treasury and opposition were seen defending the policies of their own parties during the general debate on budget in Punjab Assembly on Monday. The treasury members were praising the budget presented by the Punjab government while the opposition MPAs criticized the provincial budget during the third day of general debate. The session of Punjab Assembly started after a delay of one hour and eight minutes with Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari in the chair.

Senior PMLN's lawmaker Ch Iqbal Gujjar came down hard over government's cut on road's infrastructure budget. He held responsible the present regime of creating wheat, sugar mafia adding the government has completely failed in steering the country out fr...