ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs Rana Muhammad Afzal Friday said the government has given a road-map for one year to the new government as industry and investment needed continuity of the policies.
Talking to media persons outside the Parliament House, the minister said foreign investment was being pouring in the country and any vacuum could hurt it.
He said the government showed maturity and the people had given full mandate to the PML-N for presenting the federal budget. The country could not be left for four months without any policy, he added. He said the budget contained a complete road-map for the next whole fiscal year and the next government has right to bring change in it.
He said the PML-N government wanted to take the country forward. A complete relief package was announced for the people in the budget, he added.
The minister said tax relief announced in the budget would largely benefit the common people. The government announced 10 per cent increase in pension and salary of the employees, he said.
Regarding the opposition protest during budget speech, he said such physical posturing didn't suit the lawmakers. The opposition has right to protest but it should be to a certain limit, he said.
Regarding budget speech by Miftah Ismail, he said he remained face of the parliament for the last five years.
He said he remained Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Economic Affairs, followed by a State Minister.
He said it was his party discretion to nominate anyone to present the budget. Regarding the opposition walkout, he said it showed that the opposition was satisfied with his five-year
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