Govt shows fake figures regarding country’s progress: Shaukat Tarin

LAHORE (92 News) - Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin has said that the government shows fake figures regarding country’s progress.

Addrssing a press conference on Saturday, he said that Finance is a serious matter but if government gets serious about it that’s matter. “Figurers never lie. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail presented a confused budget,” he added.

Pointing to Miftah Ismail he said that to whom is he fooling? “He presented budget of deficit. We increased the highest GDP growth rate in thirty years. The government talked about five percent growth rate and in our tenure there was six percent growth rate. We produced highest earning resourses,” he maintained.

He said that the cureent government increased taxes on banking sectors. “There were record remmitances and export in our tenure. Growth figures of the current government are suspicious,” he concluded.