PM Shehbaz addresses NA as session to mull budget

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is currently addressing the National Assembly, a day after the federal budget for FY27 was proposed.

He began his speech by noting that he would not give a “detailed response” to the criticism voiced by Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai at the moment, but at an “appropriate time”.

After the NA proceedings began at 11am, Achakzai had spoken mostly on the country’s law and order situation. He had also criticised the government’s decision to freeze the development allocations for the provinces, contending that it would hit their health and social sectors.

Noting that all MNAs were immensely respectable and the legislature was akin to a “house”, PM Shehbaz said, “Each one can have their politics and vision, but one thing that this House will always attest to is that we are here if Pakistan is […].”

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