Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur of PPPP said, when his party was in power it focused on the agriculture sector and improved the national economy besides uplifting the agriculture sector. He said that Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway has yet not been completed since many years, yet meager share has been allocated for Sindh in the federal budget for the National Highway Authority (NHA).
Saad Waseem (PML-N) said that their government has inherited various challenges from PTI government including higher inflation, rising debt, liabilities, bad governance, highest circular debt, fiscal deficit and above all the political crisis. He said that the inflation was 3.9 percent in 2018 while it jumped to 14 percent during the tenure of Imran Khan, while dollar value has reached to Rs. 206 from Rs 115 due to poor economic policies of the PTI government. He said that all stakeholders, including economists and politicians, should sit together for devising economic policy of the country after studying best economies of the world and ensure its sustainability without any external interference. He said food inflation was 2.3 percent in 2018 which is 15 percent at present while prices of floor, sugar, urea bags have also increased manifold. He appreciated the incentives for agriculture sector introduced in the current federal budget and also demanded such packages for other sectors. He linked economy with the political stability and urged all stakeholders to sit together for devising better economic policy for the country.
GDA lawmaker Saira Bano criticized the federal budget 2022-23 and said that incumbent government had repeated all policies of the previous government. She said that bureaucracy had been following monitization policy and it was not clear as how their petroleum expenses would be reduced. She urged the government for better education, agriculture and water policies and reducing the burden of people through effective policies.
Mahesh Kumar Malani (PPPP) said that previous government left severe economic issues for the incumbent government but these were accepted as challenge for the sake of Pakistan. He hoped that the government would steer the country out from the crisis and would be successful to put it on track of prosperity. He said that various taxes were reduced in the present budget which would provide a relief to the masses. He said that road infrastructure, water, health and education facilities have improved a lot during the tenure of PPPP in Sindh province. He highlighted the various issues of his constituency (NA-222 Tharparkar-II) and expressed hope from the federal government to resolve them. He suggested the government to introduce agricultural reforms in his constituency through installation of solar panels and providing electricity to villages as coal of Tharparkar is being used for producing electricity.