Pakistan, June 17 -- After the unveiling of Sindh's budget last week was met with protests by opposition lawmakers, Senator Quratulain Marri on Monday lamented that Sindh was "being treated like a colony of the federation."

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday presented a deficit budget of Rs3.451 trillion for the fiscal year 2025-26 in the provincial assembly - a 12.9 per cent increase over last year's budget of Rs3.056tr. Leaders of the business community criticised federal and provincial government budgets 2025-26, saying that although some reforms are to be introduced, tax policies appeared shortsighted.

Senator Marri, chairing a meeting of the Senate Planning and Development Committee today, questioned why Sindh was "...