ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Miftah Ismail Friday announced that the federal budget for year 2018-19 would be presented in the National Assembly on April 27.
“The budget will be presented on April 27 as the incumbent government’s tenure is completing on May 31, and due to holy month of Ramazan,” he said while addressing a news conference along with Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Professor Ahsan Iqbal and Minister of State for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan here.
After the federal budget presentation, he said, the provinces would be able to table fiscal plans in their respective assemblies.
Miftah said the government had already consulted with parliamentary parties including PTI, PPP and MQM, and all were in agreement about the budget presentation date.
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