ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s austerity drive received good response in the present budget. Talking to journalists outside the Parliament House, Hammad Azhar said that the government had directed all its members of National Assembly to actively participate in the budget session and give their proposals in this regard. He said that former minister for finance Asad Umar had given positive suggestions on the federal budget and added that the government would implement them. Hammad Azhar said that PTI government was a democratic one not a monarchy like past and added that the PTI members were freely giving suggestions on the budget. Earlier on June 10, in the wake of current fiscal situation, Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to adopt austerity in upcoming provincial budget. DNA
