ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood Tuesday said that the government had not imposed any tax on the poor segment in the country.

Talking to media outside Parliament House here, he said that unfortunately, the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) had played tricks in presenting budget by hiding the actual figures and there was difference of Rs 900 billions.

He said that the government was making efforts to overcome the financial situation by taking various measures.

He said that Rs 30,000 billions loans were taken by the previous governments which now being faced by the present government. He said that export had also decreased which was causing loss of Rs 18 billion to the national exchequer.