Alvi approves mini-budget.

President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday approved the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023, also known as the mini-budget. The approval was given under Article 75 of the Constitution which states that when a bill is presented to the president for assent, the president shall, within 10 days assent to the bill. Earlier, the National Assembly had passed the Rs170 billion mini-budget with some tinkering, bringing Pakistan closer to the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but at the cost of pushing people deeper into the poverty trap. The lower house of...