ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) President Mian Zahid Hussain has lauded the Rs4.313 trillion federal budget, saying it will trigger the long-awaited national development.
The PBIF president, in a statement, said that the budget shows inclination of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to prefer development over stability which will unleash business activities boosting employment, collections and forex reserves. He said that a better budget was not possible on this critical juncture and we will have to swallow the bitter pill of enhances taxes to repair limping economy and end dependence on donors.
Mian Zahid Hussain said that taxes and defence expenditure are a must to keep the country safe and there is no country in the history of the world without tax system.
