Islamabad: Federal Minister for Finance and Senator Ishaq Dar has said that government employees should not expect an increase in their salary or pension as there is no such step being taken. He added that there is no space for it in budget. However, in the budget there is a development fund for members of parliament of 2, 2 crores.
Ishaq Dar in his written statement in National Assembly has said that Friends of Democratic Pakistan promised to give 6 Arab Dollar but only 34 crore Dollars were given. He also added that in the year 2013 and 2014 Pakistan took 2377 million dollar as debt from foreign countries and internal debts were 714 Arab rupees.
Federal Minister also added that the one and half Arab dollar is a gift for public from a close friend country of Pakistan and there also is no terms and conditions behind this. This amount has been transferred to Central Bank without keeping any secret.
Prime Minister of Pakistan has said that behind this gift there is no such term and conditions that Pakistan will provide weaponry to a country or Pakistani forces will be sent to other countries. Ishaq Dar has said that this amount will be used to connect Karachi to Motor Way.