ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said the opposition is doing politics on budget and hindering the constitutional path.
In her series of tweets, she said, “Budget is prepared for Pakistan and its people and its passage is a constitutional and national requirement”.
بجٹ پاکستان اور اس کے عوام کے لیے ہے۔اس کی منظوری آئینی تقاضہ اور ملکی ضرورت ہے۔اپوزیشن اس پر سیاست کر کے آئین کا راستہ روک رہی ہے۔
— Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) June 17, 2019
In another tweet, SAPM said, “Governance and working of institutions are linked with budget approval. She said parliamentary proceedings and opposition leaders’ salaries can also be ensured after the passage of the budget”.
بجٹ پاکستان اور اس کے عوام کے لیے ہے۔اس کی منظوری آئینی تقاضہ اور ملکی ضرورت ہے۔اپوزیشن اس پر سیاست کر کے آئین کا راستہ روک رہی ہے۔
— Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) June 17, 2019
It may be noted that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, met PML-N vice President Maryam Nawaz at Jati Umrah on Sunday to chalk out a strategy against the PTI government.
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Both the leaders agreed to not to allow the incumbent government to get the budget pass from the assembly.