{"id":11838,"date":"2025-06-27T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11838"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:04:43","slug":"federal-budget-2025-26-represents-aspirations-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11838","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Federal budget 2025-26 represents aspirations of the people&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed on Friday the federal budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 as one reflective of the needs of the people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with senators and members of the National Assembly a day after the lower house passed a Rs17.6 trillion federal budget he appreciated the hardwork economic team in crafting a budget that represents the aspirations of the Pakistani people and thanked the allied parties for shaping the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly approved on Thursday the Rs17.6 trillion worth budget along with Rs463 billion new taxes, bringing the digital economy under the purview of tax laws but almost nullified the single largest enforcement measure to ban economic transactions by ineligible persons. The budget was passed with a comfortable majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read: NA passes Finance Bill with Rs463b new taxes<\/p>\n<p>The premier stressed on the importance of unity moving forward for Pakistan&#8217;s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>He called on all stakeholders to work together tirelessly for the country&#8217;s progress, stating, \u201cI firmly believe that this exemplary unity will ensure Pakistan\u2019s economic growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz also underscored Pakistan\u2019s recent victory over India in the face of unwarranted aggression and praised\u00a0the combined efforts of the armed forces, political leadership, the public, civil society and the media\u00a0in defeating the enemy\u2019s nefarious intentions.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: Economic team lauded for &#8216;balanced budget&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The PM noted that this victory has elevated Pakistan\u2019s global standing.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he commended the diplomatic efforts led by Pakistan People\u2019s Party Chairperson\u00a0Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in presenting\u00a0Pakistan\u2019s clear stance and exposing\u00a0India\u2019s aggressive plans before the international community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The delegation, led by Bilawal, was warmly received internationally, and overseas Pakistanis also hailed the government and armed forces for their diplomatic and military succes, according to Shehbaz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moving onto the recently culminated Israel-Iran war, Shehbaz reiterated Pakistan&#8217;s full solidarity with Iran and the Iranian people.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Pakistan had maintained complete\u00a0communication with Iranian leadership, particularly with President Dr\u00a0Masoud Pezeshkian, during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The PM expressed hope that resolution of the Israel-Iran dispute would open doors to peace and prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by the Senate chairperson,\u00a0members of the federal cabinet and members of the National Assembly.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed on Friday the federal budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 as one reflective of the needs of the people.\u00a0 During a meeting with senators and members of the National Assembly a day after the lower house passed a Rs17.6 trillion federal budget he appreciated the hardwork economic team in crafting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}