NA approves federal budget, passes Finance Bill 2020

The National Assembly on Monday passed the Finance Bill 2020 to approve the budgetary proposals for the next fiscal year. Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar had presented the Rs7.14 trillion budget for fiscal 2020-21 on June 12. The Lower House deliberated on the bill before it was put to vote and ultimately passed. Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived at the session where the clause-wise amendments to the Finance Bill began in order to sail it through the House. As the process began, the NA speaker Asad Qaiser said that any amendment to remove an entire clause will not be acceptable. Asad Umar, taking to Twitter after the passing of the bill, said: “Tall claims made by the opposition and some sensationalist analysis by the media over the last few days and the result is that the 29-vote majority — through which last year’s budget was passed — has increased to 41 votes.” پچھلے کئی دن سے اپوزیشن کی کیے جانے والے بلند دعوے، کچھ میڈیا کےسنسنی خیز تجزیے اور نتیجہ یہ نکلا کے پچھلے سال کے بجٹ کی حکومت کی 29 ووٹ کی اکثریت اس سال بڑھ کر 41 ہو گئی. تمام ساتھیوں اور خصوصی طور پر تحریک … Continue reading NA approves federal budget, passes Finance Bill 2020