ISLAMABAD -The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) finally decided to attend the budget session after a high-powered PML-N delegation paid a visit to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s chamber in the National Assembly.
Earlier, the PPP’s parliamentary party meeting, presided over by Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, decided that the PPP would not attend the budget session today (Wednesday).
MNA Shazia Marri of PPP stated that the PML-N violated its earlier commitments regarding the PSDP, so we have decided not to attend the budget session.
Syed Khurshid Shah, a senior PPP leader, stated that they were not informed about the budget and that the government did not take them into confidence regarding agreements with the IMF and China.
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Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and senior cabinet member Rana Tanveer Hussain paid a visit to Bilawal Bhutto’s chamber in the National Assembly to persuade the PPP to take part in the budget session.
The federal government is preparing to present its first growth-oriented budget for fiscal year 2024-25, with an estimated expenditure of more than Rs18,500 billion, on Wednesday (today).
Muhammad Aurangzeb, the Federal Minister of Finance and Revenue, will present the budget for fiscal year 2024-25 to the National Assembly.
