Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail says the upcoming budget 2022-23 will focus on the better livelihood of the poor people and small traders as the government will present a pro people and business friendly budget.

Talking to PTV, he said the government is taking measures to find out pathways for the poor people to get them out of extreme poverty.

The Finance Minister criticized that PTI-led government is responsible for current loadshedding and inflation in the country as they did not pay attention to real issues of the people.

Miftah Ismail said the government is taking all important steps to protect the common man from the impact of inflation.