Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb addressed the National Assembly to conclude the federal budget for the FY25 discussion on Tuesday and announced an honorarium equivalent of 3-month basic pay for the staff and officers of the National Assembly and Senate.
The finance minister said that the budget is based on a homegrown plan for reforms through which the government wants to take the country out of the current economic situation.
The minister once again highlighted that the government is determined to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 13 percent. He also mentioned that the government wants to undertake reforms in the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the energy sector.
Aurangzeb said that the government has set aside Rs. 350 billion in the Rs. 1,500 billion Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). He said that 81 percent of the development budget has been allocated for projects currently under progress.
The minister further claimed that the government has managed to reduce inflation and said the government wants to ensure that the under-discussion International Monetary Fund (IMF) program is the last.
He also said that the government wants to reduce the burden of pensions and cut its expenditures.
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Curse on him
Wah, assembly ko khuli rishwat 3 month salary de raha hai aur wo log leke chup bhi ho jayein ge.
آگ لگی ہے بستی میں، محمد اورنگزیب اپنی مستی میں۔
Great way to bribe parliamentarians to rubber stamp budgetary recommendations. Muhammad Aurangzeb is a disgrace
He’s just another stooge.
What kind of extraordinary feat have they achieved to deserve this bonus? Crooks on a mission to loot and plunder as much as possible.
So 3 salaries for MNAs but more taxes for salaried class .
Wasn’t this guy sing that we cannot provide relief to salaried class when govt is running a deficit ?
Why no cutbacks in MNAs salary
Yes pension burden bad
MNA’s 3 salaries good
This guy has been hijacked to do what his predecessors did earlier for decades
BRIBE TO PASS BUDGET FROM NA & SENATE.BLODY CRIMNAL MINDED.