Finance Minister Miftah Ismail is presenting the budget for fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) in the National Assembly shortly.
This year the budget session is less chaotic than the last few presentations during the PTI-led government as there is no opposition present in the House since PTI members have tendered their resignations.
Ismail began his speech by bashing the previous PTI government, saying its policies had hurt the economy and damaged the lives of the country’s masses.
“An inexperienced team brought the country to the brink. Different people presented the budget every year presenting different policies which hurt investor sentiment,” the finance minister said, adding that his government had begun repairing the economy by taking the tough decisions that were the need of the hour.
The minister said the government had to move towards “sustainable growth”, adding that the growth target for next year was set at 5 per cent.
