Budget 2022-23 represents 'significant improvement' in several ways, says PM Shehbaz.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says that the federal budget for next fiscal year 2022-23 represents a significant improvement in several ways.

In a tweet today (Sunday), he said it has provided more educational opportunities for our youth, particularly from Balochistan and targeted subsidies for financially weaker people.

The PM said that more importantly, it has taxed non-productive assets of the rich.

PTI rejects 'unimaginative, purana Pakistan budget'

The coalition government unveiled the 'toughest' federal budget for the next fiscal year 2022-23 with an outlay of Rs9.5 trillion as it seeks to fulfil the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) conditions, but PTI, the main Opposition party, has rejected the finance bill and called it an "unimaginative, Purana Pakistan budget".

The federal government unveiled the budget amid strict conditions laid forth by the IMF for the revival of the $6 billion loan programme stalled for months over policy breaches.

In a statement, PTI Chairman Imran Khan said that...