Dar assures PPP of incorporating its tax-related proposals in upcoming budget, say sources
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- Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar assured a PPP delegation that tax proposals would be included in the upcoming budget.
- The assurance came during a meeting with PPP leaders, including Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, at Zardari House in Islamabad.
- This was the second round of pre-budget talks between the ruling PML-N and PPP, with a final round expected soon before the budget announcement on June 10.
Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has assured the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that their tax-related proposals will be incorporated into the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2026-27. Dar conveyed this assurance to a PPP delegation led by party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during a meeting at Zardari House in Islamabad.
The meeting, which also included prominent PPP leaders such as Sherry Rehman, Naveed Qamar, Murad Ali Shah, and Jam Khan Shoro, focused on budget-related matters. This marks the second round of pre-budget discussions between the two major ruling coalition partners, PML-N and PPP. A third and final round of talks is anticipated to take place shortly.
The national budget is scheduled for announcement on June 10. The inclusion of PPP's proposals signals ongoing collaboration between the coalition partners as they finalize financial plans for the upcoming fiscal year.
Matters related to the budget were discussed during the meeting.
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