Pro-poor, people-friendly budget to change economic landscape: Marriyum.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Friday said, pro-poor and people-friendly budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 would change economic landscape by stabilizing the national economy.

'This budget will lead the country towards economic stability, help provide relief to the people especially the poor, and promote industry, trade and commerce in the country,' Marriyum said while addressing protesting government employees here.

Gone were the days when the prime minister of country did not pay heed to the problems of government employees, she said, adding Pakistan was going through a difficult situation today due to the incompetence, inefficiency, theft and corruption of Imran's regime.

The minister said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had directed for 15 per cent increase in salaries of the government employees, besides merger of adhoc relief in the basic pay.

There would be a big announcement for pensioners in the budget today, she added.

Today, when the Finance Ministry proposed a 10 per cent increase in the salaries of government employees, the Prime Minister rejected it and approved 15 per cent increase in salaries of government employees during the meeting of Federal Cabinet.

Due to the incompetence of a gang which ruled the country for four years, the poor people were facing extreme inflation, poverty and unemployment.

Now, the country was being ruled by the coalition government which not only had representation of all the political...