Officials both from treasury and opposition benches in the National Assembly on Thursday suggested the government announce more incentives in the budget 2022-23 for the agriculture sector to make the country self-sufficient in agrarian products. Participating in the budget 2022-23 debate, independent MNA Muhammad Aslam Bhootani said the government had announced a good budget in the difficult economic situation. He expressed concern over withdrawal of the subsidies on electricity that would affect the farming community of his constituency. He also appreciated the incentive package for the areas of Gwadar and said that it would help uplift the lives of local people.

Mir Muhammad Khan Jamali of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) made it clear that he never tendered resignation from the membership of National Assembly. He criticized the government for increasing the price of petroleum products as it would trigger a new wave of inflation. He said the incumbent coalition government while coming into power had claimed to provide relief to inflation-hit people but they acted otherwise. He asked the government to make it possible for people to buy daily use items at controlled rates. Jamali while highlighting the issue of his constituency NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur and said that his area was facing the issues of water shortage for irrigation and prolonged load-shedding.

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