Observer Report
Islamabad
Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the PTIMF budget is a tusnami for the economy, agriculture and health sectors, which may unleash a wave of poverty and famine-like conditions in the country if not resisted by the entire nation.
Addressing a meeting of PPP’s Parliamentarians from both Senate and National Assembly at Zardari House, here on Saturday, Bilawal Bhutto said that the policies of the selected PTI government were akin to taking revenge on the people for questioning its legitimacy, as its federal budget exercise exposed both its callousness and indifference to the urgent needs of the people at such a delicate time for both lives and livelihoods.
The PPP Chairman stated that it is obvious that budget proposals have ignored the Covid-19 pandemic, locust attacks and the well-being of healthcare professionals, the needs of the salaried class, pensioners and poverty-ridden people.
“This budget should have given incentives to pensioners to stay home but by not increasing their pensions, or being sensitive to the real needs of the poor it claims to be champion, it has tried to compel them to come out in a pandemic when the world is encouraging Stay Home-Stay Safe policy for all, especially the elderly.”
