Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr. Aisha Ghous Pasha held a meeting with Mr. Aideen Gilmore and Ms. Rashida Dohad – International Budget Partnership & Omar Asghar Khan Foundation at Finance Division today. Senior officers from AGPR and Finance Division attended the meeting.
State Minister was briefed about the various parameters of Open Budget Survey (OBS) and Pakistan’s progress on it. The delegation presented various proposals for enhancing the Pakistan’s score on OBS. It was shared that Pakistan is doing excellent on the executive parameters of OBS.
Minister of State Dr. Aisha Ghous Pasha acknowledged the proposals presented by the delegation and informed them that budgeting process in Pakistan is being made transparent with every passing year. For greater public participation in budget-making, present government organized pre-budget conference to take the proposals from representatives of all sector of the economy. Dr. Aisha Ghous Pasha also apprised the delegation that public participation in budget-making is prime focus of the present government and various pragmatic suggestions of public representatives from various sector of economy have been considered and incorporated into the current budget.
The Minister of State also assured the delegation that proposed suggestions will be considered since the initiation of the process of budget strategy paper in future and directed the relevant authorities to undertake the required steps for enhancing the public participation for the greater transparency and efficiency in budget.
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