National Assembly on Tuesday passed Finance Bill 2017 with majority vote to give effect to measures announced in the annual budget proposals for fiscal 2017-18.
The bill was moved to the House by Minister for Law and Justice, Zahid Hamid and adopted in absence of the opposition parties who had walked out from the House on the pretext of not telecasting their speeches in budget debate live on state television.
It was the fifth budget of the present government after coming into power after 2013 general elections that carried various measures for development of sectors playing vital role in economic development of the country.
The House also adopted 150 Demands of Grants worth Rs 3.45 trillion as 1560 cut motions of the opposition were rejected since none of the opposition was present in the House to move these motions.
