Finance Bill 2026 laid before Senate amid opposition uproar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minis­ter Mu­ham­mad Aurangzeb on Fri­day laid a copy of the Finance Bill 2026 containing the Annual Bud­get Statement before the Se­­nate amid a noisy protest by opposition members who cha­nted slogans rejecting the proposed budget. Moving that the Senate make recommendations, if any, to the National Assembly on the bill as required under Article 73 of the Constitution, Mr Aurangzeb faced full-throated slogans from the opposition benches. Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gi...