PM stresses people-friendly budget

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday directed the governments economic team that the forthcoming budget for the financial year 2011-12 should be people-friendly to give relief to the common man. He stated that appropriate measures be incorporated in the budget to ensure economic growth thus leading to reduction in inflation, increase in investment and creation of jobs. The Prime Minister was chairing a special pre-budget meeting of his economic team at the PM House here on Thursday. Elaborating his vision and priorities of his government, he stressed upon adoption of austerity measures with focused attention on development efforts.Earlier, the Minister of Finance briefed the meeting on the salient features of the Budget 2011-12.

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