The budget session of Punjab Assembly will be held tomorrow (Monday) while agenda in this regard has already been issued.
Lahore: Punjab Assembly to meet for budget session tomorrow. The session is scheduled to start at 2 PM in which finance minister Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman will present the budget for next three months.
According to sources, the house will also pass the budget already used during last eight months.
The house has already passed the budget for the ongoing month during its session held in February.
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The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan, having a total of 371 seats, with 297 general seats, 66 seats reserved for women and 8 reserved for non-Muslims.
Assembly building
The two-story Assembly Chamber, residential hostels, and expansive lawns cover 16 acres (65,000 m2) on the Shahrah-e-Quaid-Azam (the Mall). After it was completed in 1935, the Assembly Chamber housed the Assembly for the Punjab Province. After the division of Punjab and the emergence of Pakistan, the building became the administrative center of Pakistani Punjab.
New Assembly Building
The new Assembly Hall is constructed positioned between the old and the new Assembly buildings. It has a capacity of 500 seats in the main hall and 600 seats in the galleries for the visitors and 300 seats in the press gallery for media personals covering the proceedings of the House. There would be a Speaker’s Chamber, record room, recording room, media room, security room and lobbies for Ayes and Noes adjacent to the new Hall. Three committee rooms, one conference room, library, cafe and a parking with a capacity of 400 are also included the new building. Also, the new offices of the CM, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, ministers, and Leader of the Opposition in the assembly were set up in the Secretariat building of the new building. It was inaugurated on 2nd January 2023.
Old Assembly Chamber
Designed by Bazel M. Salune, chief architect of the Architecture Circle of Punjab, the foundation stone of the Assembly Chamber was laid by Sir Jogindar Singh, Minister of Agriculture, on 17 November 1935 during the British Raj. The construction was completed in 1938.
The first floor houses the Assembly Hall, which combines Indian and Roman architecture. Originally designed for a small number of members, it now accommodates 371 members. The hall is fitted with a public address system and a closed-circuit television system. There was gallery seating for 200 visitors to view the proceedings of the Assembly, but now most of the gallery has been designated as floor of the house to accommodate the increased number of members, and accommodations for radio and TV press. The rest of the first floor consists of the Speaker’s Chamber, the Chief Minister‘s Chamber, the Deputy Speaker’s Office, the Cabinet Room, the Ministers’ Offices, two committee rooms, and the Assembly Secretariat offices.
The ground floor includes a reception area, a cafeteria, a library, a prayer room, a dispensary, the office of the leader of the opposition, the bank, the Assembly Secretariat offices, and one Committee room.
