 ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has deemed the Economic Survey of Pakistan as a pack of lies.
| Guess the report was a little too optimistic, huh? It's hard to rouse the rabble when things are getting better... |
Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, MMA deputy parliamentary leader, expressed these views while talking to Online on Sunday. Prices were increasing and despite unemployment forcing people to commit suicide, the government still claimed that poverty was decreasing. MMA Leader Liaquat Baloch said the State Bank Report had indicated that poverty had risen with some 20 million people living below the poverty line. He said that claims of agriculture development were false and baseless. Baloch said the budget session would not be boycotted, adding the MMA would fully participate in the session. He expressed pessimism at claims that the upcoming budget would be public-friendly, adding it would not benefit the poor. |