Muhammad Latif
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has admitted that we had to make the budget for the next fiscal year together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced important amendments in the Finance Bill 2024-25 during his budget speech in the National Assembly yesterday, after which Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in his speech confirmed the creation of a joint budget with the IMF. Did it.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif came to the floor to answer the questions related to the deprivation of South Punjab, the tax on wealth on behalf of the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and he said, “Given the current situation of the country, we need to cooperate with the IMF.” We had to prepare the budget together.
Prime Minister Shehbaz expressed positive hope regarding the IMF program but refrained from making a premature statement, saying that if the government receives any response from the IMF, it will take it up with Parliament. will share, he also expressed hope for ‘good news’, but did not clarify whether the prime minister was referring to the IMF bailout package or tax relaxation on fertilizers.
