Pakistan, June 25 -- The procedure to pass the Punjab budget was formally started on Wednesday as the government presented 41 demands for grant worth of more than 1.84 trillion rupees in Punjab Assembly. The opposition moved cut motions on six demands for grant including the Food and Agriculture but both were rejected by the government with majority.

As per the details, the session of Punjab Assembly started with delay of more than one and half hour from its scheduled time with Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi in the chair. As many as 41 demands for grant were presented by the government for passage. The opposition moved cut motions on Food, Agriculture, Police, Education and Health but only Food and Agriculture were discussed in the House...