Karachi: Pasban Democratic Party Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said that continuation of the outdated economic is responsible for ongoing crisis facing the nation and country.
Addressing a meeting of PDP Steering Committee here to debate the budget, he said that innovative and independent economic policies are the need of hour to avoid harsh counditionalities of the IMF loans. He said the PTI government has also disappointed the Pakistani nation as it has continued the same failed economic policies of previous regimes. He said the budget is not a balanced one and there is a need to tax more the rich and facilitate the poor.
Pasban Democratic Party Vice chairman of economic affairs division DrShahidaWizarat said the budget lacks balance, adding we have to change our economic policies and economic managers. She said as a result of this budget the economic crisis will go even deeper. She said we should have to receive proper compensation for the use of our land, air routes and our natural resources on market rate. She said major portion of budget goes outside Pakistan for payment of foreign loans and their interest. She said the richer classes are not being brought in tax net. She opposed taxes on edible and kitchen commodities.
PasbanDemocratic Party Sindh senior vice president Rafiq Ahmed Khaskheli said the spell of Waderas in Sindh is now breaking and it is also due to 25 years long struggle of Pasban.
Dr Abu-Bakr Sheikh whole world is under the shadows of fear of wars. He suggested that the government should reject the counditionalities of IMF. EngIqbalHashmi said PasbanDemocratic Party is getting popularity with every passing day.
PasbanDemocratic Party leaders SardarZulfiqar, Abdul Hakim Qauid, Hakim Palari, Aijaz Ahmed and others also spoke.