Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that after signing the agreement with the IMF, there will definitely be an increase in inflation.
While holding a press conference with the cabinet members in Islamabad, the Prime Minister said that new taxes have been imposed on big companies in the mini-budget, and an effort has been made to save the common man from the burden of inflation.
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He said that the negotiations with the IMF are in the final stages, after the agreement, there will definitely be inflation, and the conditions that have been agreed upon with the IMF which have to be fulfilled.
The Prime Minister said that in the supplementary budget, most of the taxes have been imposed on luxury items. Of course, there has been an increase but measures have been taken to prevent poverty.