President Asif Ali Zardari has directed government’s economic team to evolve poor friendly budget besides providing relief to government employees through increase in their salaries.
Government economic team led by finance minister Hafiz Sheikh gave briefing to the President Asif Ali Zardari on the salient features of the budget for the fiscal year 2011-12 here at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The president stressed that budget should be poor friendly and it should focus on growth in GDP. He urged that Benazir Income Support Program should be consolidated and its funding be raised.