ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shahid Khan Abbasi has said that PML-N government considers its responsibility to present budget to run the affairs of the government.
He was responding to points raised by Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Khurshid Shah and PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the lower house of parliament this afternoon.
He said the next government would have the complete authority and right to make changes in the budget.
The Prime Minister said Rana Muhammad Afzal, as Minister of State for Finance, assisted Miftah Ismail in the preparation of budget.
He said the budget presents unprecedented relief to the people of Pakistan.
Opposition leader in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed, on a point of order, criticized the government for forwarding a non-elected person to present the federal budget.
He said Prime Minister could have presented this budget or asked State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal, who is an elected person of this house to present the budget.
He said the government is going to complete its tenure and has no ethical right to present the budget for the entire year.
PTI Leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi also voiced that Rana Muhammad Afzal should present the budget.
Later, the opposition walked out of the House. APP/AFP