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ISLAMABAD: Amid protests by the opposition and its ally PPP in the National Assembly and by government employees outside the Parliament House, the PML-N tabled the Rs18.8 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year 2026-27.
The budget — the third by the incumbent PML-N government — was supposed to be presented by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb at 3pm, but it was delayed for two hours due to annoyance expressed by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari over certain sections of the budget.
