The new budget has arrived with its pros and cons. Although the people are used to price hikes introduced through the budget and they know that nothing good can be expected from it, still they hopefully wait for its announcement. The budget is usually full of good news for the government officials, but astonishingly that was not the case this time. As an attempt to cut down on government expenditure, Nawaz Sharif has introduced no changes in the current salary of the government ministers.
The budget’s announcement that took place on Tuesday among the chaos created by Altaf Hussain’s arrest in London showed no increase in the salary of the ministers. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has apologized for not increasing the salaries of the ministers in the budget of 2014. Minister of Treasury Ishaq Daar stated that keeping the economy of the country in consideration, the government has taken various steps to cut down on its expenditures.
Among these steps was the refusal to increase the current salaries of the ministers of Pakistan. Well that will be a blow for many. But hopefully the government has also sincerely thought about other government expenditures as well, if wants to stabilize the Pakistani economy in reality.