Opposition plans strong protest during budget

ISLAMABAD: As the government is all set to present its sixth budget for the next fiscal year in the National Assembly (NA) today (Friday), the opposition has decided to take on the government with challenging its quest of presenting the budget with a protest during the budget session.

The Opposition parties including both major political parties — Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — were on same page for pleading the case that outgoing government has no justification for presenting the budget for the whole year and instead of it the incumbent government should present the budget for the four months time for the administrative purpose till the takeover of the next government after the general elections.