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Rs2.96trn election budget presented amid ruckus
ISLAMABAD: The cash-strapped Pakistan People's Party-led government presented its 5th Annual budget for the Fiscal Year 2012-13 amid furor raised by the opposition benches.
Federal Minister for Finance, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh delivered the speech to present the budget with a total outlay of Rs2.96 trillion with a fiscal deficit of 4.7 percent during a special National Assembly session convened for the purpose.
The Minister had to cut short his speech due to the noisy ruckus raised by the members of the opposition who also exchanged blows with members of treasury benches.
Courtesy www.geo.tv