Sindh and Balochistan Present FY2026‑27 Budgets

Overview

• Balochistan’s finance minister Mir Shoaib Noshiroani presented a Rs1,089 billion, tax-free provincial budget on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, saying the package is largely grant-funded.
• The Balochistan plan includes a 7 percent raise for salaries and pensions and allocates about Rs157 billion for education, Rs74 billion for health, Rs108 billion for security, plus Rs10 billion to set up a Bank of Balochistan.
• The province announced creation of 5,000 new posts, including 3,000 for school education and 500 for health, and proposed targeted measures such as tax exemptions for public transport and new electric vehicles.
• Sindh’s draft, reported for the same budget year, shows a smaller development envelope of about Rs720 billion covering more than 3,700 schemes, a projected 73 percent reliance on federal NFC transfers, and media reports of proposed salary and pension increases that remain to be formally confirmed by the provincial cabinet.
• Both budgets underline heavy dependence on federal transfers and reduced development space, a dynamic that will shape which projects get funded, force district-level reallocations, and make timely federal grants and Sindh’s cabinet approvals crucial for implementation.