Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: APP/ File
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday approved the draft of the Federal Budget 2026–27. He chaired a cabinet meeting in Islamabad to review the budget proposals.
PM Shehbaz expressed gratitude to coalition parties for their full support in the Budget 2026–27.
The prime minister also thanked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its assistance.
During the cabinet meeting, federal ministers and ministers of state expressed their endorsement of the prime minister by thumping their desks.
The premier extended thanks to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), and Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).
The prime minister’s address to the cabinet will be broadcast through official media.
In a post on X, PM Shehbaz said the “budget has been prepared with great effort and sincerity, and the welfare of Pakistan’s great nation has been given top priority”.
الحمدللہ اس بجٹ کو بہت محنت اور خلوص سے تیار کیا گیا ہے، اور پاکستان کی عظیم قوم کی فلاح و بہبود کو اولین ترجیح دی گئی ہے۔
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) June 12, 2026
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