PTI contacts PPP to block passage of federal budget

ISLAMABAD: The main opposition PTI has reached out to the PPP in an effort to block the passage of the budget for the financial year 2025-26.

The contact was established following speeches by PPP leaders in parliament claiming that the budget offers nothing for the poor.

“PPP leader Abdul Qadir Patel, in his speech, said that the PPP will not support the money bill. So later, I contacted PPP leader and former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and sought support to block the bill,”...