Provincial ministers and lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly have termed the Federal Budget 2017-18 as balanced and farmer-friendly.
In their separate statements, they lauded Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for presenting a balanced budget in difficult circumstances.
Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said, “Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has won the hearts of the farmers by giving them unprecedented relief and incentives in the Budget 2017-18.
“The concessions in power tariff, rates of fertilizers and other agriculture inputs will provide relief to the farming community and that the agricultural production will increase,” he added.
Provincial Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment Sheikh Alauddin said that the formation of a public-friendly budget was an achievement of the PML-N government.
Minister for Minorities Affairs Khalil Tahir Sindhu said that the new budget would benefit all segments of the society, adding that the government had fulfilled its promise of provision relief to the masses.
Provincial Parliamentary Secretary for Information, Tourism and Culture Rana Muhammad Arshad said that the budget would open new avenues of development. He said that the interests of the deprived segments of the society had been safeguarded in the budget.
MPAs Muhammad Rafiq, Yasin Sohail, Majid Zahoor, Hina Pervaiz Butt, Uzma Bukhari, and others termed the Budget 2017-18 balanced and people-friendly.