Presenting the budgetary proposals, Finance Minister said inflation is expected to remain 12 percent and budget deficit 5.9 percent of GDP. He said that 9,775 billion rupees have been earmarked for interest payment. Muhammad Aurangzeb said 1,400 billion rupees have been earmarked for Public Sector Development Programme 2024-25. He said an additional one hundred billion rupees have been allocated for public-private partnership projects. He added that 2,122 billion rupees will be provided for defence requirement. Source: Radio Pakistan
Related Articles
Crackdown against unvaccinated people continues across KP
Crackdown against violators of corona SOPs and unvaccinated people is continuing across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.In Peshawar, the teams of District Administration along with health staff visited various markets, public places & bus terminals and checked …
PM felicitates Nawaz Sharif on re-election as PML-N President
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif felicitated Nawaz Sharif on his re-election as party President on behalf of the whole General Council.
Addressing a meeting of the PML-N General Council in Lahore today, the Prime Minister said his return to the Presiden…
Pakistan seeks friendly ties with all countries: Caretaker PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed the Caretaker Federal Cabinet about the situation arising from the Iranian attack on Pakistan on 16 January, 2024.
In a meeting of the Federal Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Caretaker Prime Minister An…