• Opposition leader Zehri slams Rs206bn development package as inadequate • Ministers defend tax-free plan as realistic • Budget papers withheld from journalists, public for first time • Dr Malik says plan ignores province’s realities QUETTA: The Balochistan government cancelled its post-budget press conference and withheld financial documents from the public on Thursday as lawmakers engaged in a fiery debate over the province’s 2026-27 budget. For the first time in the history, journalists were denied copies of the budget documents on the second day of the assembly session. Lawmakers, however, received the files on Wednesday when Finance Minister Shoaib Nosherwani formally presented the annual financial plan to the house.