Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar presented the federal budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021 today. Earlier, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh had referred to this year’s budget as the ‘corona-budget’.
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The human rights activists and social media commentators have been raising their voices against the exorbitant defense budget vis-a-vis the education, climate change and health budget.
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Salaries and pensions of government employees have also not been increased and remain the same as the last fiscal year, 2020, which caused a lot of disappointment amongst people.
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The PTI government was also compared to the past governments and their budgets for instance how Pakistan People's Party had increased the salary of government officers by 50% and pensions by 20% in 2010.
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