ISLAMABAD: Praising the budget 2021-22, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that budget aims to stabilize the country’s economic progress.
Presiding over a meeting of his party spokespersons in Islamabad today, PM Imran Khan said that budget 2021-22 would prove a ray of hope for all segments of the society.
The prime minister Imran Khan congratulated his economic team over presenting a balanced and people-friendly budget. He maintained that they were taking measures to boost agriculture, industries, housing and other sectors.
Khan also chaired a session huddled to layout subsidized programs for the poor-income class of Pakistan wherein he was briefed that the survey for the targeted subsidy program is 92 per cent complete and will take a couple of weeks before its finished.
The purpose of this program is to extend subsidies to low- and poor-income classes in essential food items for which a survey is underway to determine the number of deserving households for the subsidy.
The session was attended by the finance minister Shaukat Tarin, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on poverty alleviation Sania Nishtar, PM’s advisor on revenue Waqar Masood, the president of National Bank Arif Usmani, among others.
Dr Nishter briefed the session on the targeted subsidy program survey hammered out under Ehsaas and said by the end of this month the survey would complete.
The PM appreciated the efforts and noted targeted subsidy is needed because extending across-the-board price relief to both the rich and the poor will be a waste of resources.
The PM directed to complete survey soon so the subsidy can be extended already by early next month.
