ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar informed Senate that Pakistan is responsible state and no one can dare to cast ill eyes on atomic and other assets of country.

Speaking in Senate in response to points raised by Senator Mushtaq Ahmed, minister said that no member of Cabinet was taking salaries and very minimum perks were being given to them. Only 1800 CC car and petrol at par with federal secretary was being given to them.

Earlier resuming debate on budget, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed said that International Monterey Fund wanted to default Pakistan and creating hurdles in disbursement of $ 1 billion tranche. Such tactics were being adopted to snatch atomic bomb facility of Pakistan, he added.

He criticised government for not giving any concrete plan for debt retiring, controlling inflation, civil and police reforms.

He said inflation has also touched to 38 percent which was even more than Sri Lanka. There was no programme to overpower circular debt which was a result of mismanagement and poor governance, he added.

Rana Maqbool of PML-N said government has given balanced budget despite many challenges. He said many incentives were given to agriculture and IT sectors besides for youth. He said amendment should also be brought in House so its recommendation could be binding to incorporate in money bill.

Published in The Daily National Courier, June, 17 2023

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