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All sectors get relief in budget: Abid

ISLAMABAD, May 26 (APP): Minister of State for Water and Power
Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali Friday said the budget 2017-18 would provide
relief to all sectors of the economy.
Talking to APP, the minister said, the government had allocated
hefty amount for health and education sectors.
He said 2017 was a years of elimination of power loadshedding.
Two energy projects launched under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor
had been completed while many others were underway. Due to hectic
efforts of the present government, electricity generation had
reached 18,000 megawatt, he added.