PTI’s Ali Zafar rejects budget, says it achieves neither growth nor public welfare (opens original article in a new tab)

PTI's Ali Zafar rejected Pakistan's 2026-27 budget, criticizing it for failing to promote growth or public welfare and highlighting 11 ignored areas. Other senators also voiced concerns over economic and security issues.

• PTI's Ali Zafar rejected the 2026-27 budget, calling it a 'budget of broken promises' that fails to address growth or public welfare.
• He listed 11 areas the government ignored, including industrialization, agriculture, education, and energy policy, and criticized reliance on IMF programs and tax hikes on the salaried class.
• Other senators also criticized the budget, with JUI-F leader Maulana Attaur Rehman highlighting security issues in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and PPP's Zameer Hussain Ghumro calling for more welfare incentives.