Islamabad:
The senators qualified the federal budget for the federal 2025-2026 a critical stage on economic stabilization, national resilience, public emergency, and have called for new measures to support low-income groups, promoting clean energy and treating regional disparities on Wednesday.
While participating in the general discussion on the 2025-26 budget, Senator Shahzaib Durrani praised the federal budget for the year 2025-26, described it as a reflection of the government’s commitment to stabilize the economy, relieve citizens and strengthen the country’s independence.
Senator Dash Kumar expressed his concern in the face of the growing load of Pakistan debt, added that 50% of the national budget is consumed by interest payments, mainly to serve existing loans thanks to additional loans.
“IMF loans are not subsidies; we take to reimburse the previous loans, which is not a lasting solution,” he added.
Senator Perviz Rashid qualified the federal budget for the 2025-26 balanced and pragmatic financial year, adding that the budget offered relief to ordinary humans and was well received by the financial markets.
Senator Palwasha Muhammad Zia Khan, underlined the need to keep the Roosevelt hotel as a national active, urged the government to protect it from privatization.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the 10% increase in government employees and an increase of seven percent of pensions, it has qualified the insufficient increase in facing current economic difficulties and called for an examination of the decision to relieve a greater relief to the public sector and retirees.
She said that the cut of uncontrolled trees contributes to the increase in temperatures and the deterioration of the environment.
Senator Palwasha also opposed the taxation of an 18% tax on solar panels, declaring that such measures could hinder Pakistan’s transition to clean energy. “The country evolves quickly towards solar energy, and this taxation will discourage this change,” she added.
