Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and her cabinet have put forward a "people-friendly" Rs5.34 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2026-27, with many experts struggling to determine which people it is friendly for. Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman presented the document in the assembly with the usual fanfare, but the slogans of relief and prosperity were not enough to completely hide away the complicated story within the numbers.

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