LAHORE: Interim Chief Minister Punjab Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi here Saturday chaired a meeting to review budgetary affairs.

Addressing the meeting, he said transparency should be ensured in financial affairs, non-development expenditures should be reduced and revenue should be increased. He said projects of public welfare and development should be given top priority.

The interim CM was given a briefing on the budget for the new financial year and other financial matters.

Chief Secretary Caption (retd) Zahid Saeed, Chairman Planning and Development Jehanzeb Khan, Secretary Finance Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh, Secretary to CM Imdadullah Bosal, Special Secretary Finance Sardar Saifullah Dogar, Zaid Bin Masood and other officials were also present.