The Gilgit-Baltistan budget for financial year 2025-26 with the total outlay of over 148 billion rupees was presented on Monday.

The session was chaired by the Speaker Assembly Nazir Ahmed. Finance Minister Engineer Muhammad Ismail presented the budget.

In his address, the Finance Minister said that 37 billion rupees have been allocated for development projects and 88 billion rupees for non-development projects.

He said that there is also a proposal for 10 percent increase in the salaries of government employees.