NFC session will be convened.
 

Agriculture sector ignored during last 8 years, wheat support price to be re-evaluated in next season for improving agriculture sector.
 

Rs. 75 billion reserved for improvement in population resources.
 

All contractual employees up to Grade 15 being regularized.
  

Import duty levied on Luxury vehicles to be increased from 90 to 100 percent.
 

Defence budget to be tabled in National Assembly and all its components to be discussed.
 

The performance of Securities and Exchange Commission being further enhanced to protect investors.
 

Pay and Pension committee to be set up to review salaries and allowances of employees.
   

Govt. to check rising cost of production, and spiraling of prices, effective measures being taken to control the problem.
 

90 percent tax exemption to be given for development of industry in rural areas in first year.
 

Domestic and foreign investors will be encouraged to initiate new projects in Pakistan.
 

Reduction in expenditures of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat and National Assembly.
 

Low Cost Housing.
 

Ban imposed on import of luxury goods by govt offices.

Import duty raised from 30% to 35% on 300 luxury items.

All expenses of govt offices freezed except for salaries.

Sales tax raised to 16% from 15%

Import duty raised to 100% from 90% on luxury cars.

30 percent cut in NAB’s budget.

Govt. to set up Textile City, Marble City and other Industrial Zones to boost national exports.

Rs. 24.3 billion to be allocated for Education sector

Rs. 37 billion allocated to improve country’s road network and highways

Lady Health Workers Program initiated in Benazir Bhutto’s tenure of 1994, will be further strengthened by hiring 100 thousand more Lady Health Workers.

New medical programs being initiated to eradicate deadly diseases, more funds will be allocated for this purpose.

15 percent custom duty abolished on CNG

One million houses to be built for poor and low paid govt employees.

Minimum pension raised to Rs2000 from Rs300.

Conveyance allowance doubled for employees of Grade 1 to 19

Contractual employees of Grade 1 to 15 to be regularized.

Medical allowance raised from Rs425 to Rs500 for govt employees of Grade 1 to 16

Number of Supreme Court judges increased to 29 from 16

Federal govt employees' salaries raised by 20%, same increase for armed forces proposed

Pensions increased by 20%

Budget deficit target 4.7% of GDP.

Rs1000 per month to be provided to poor families

Later, Benazir Cards will also be issued to help the poor

Custom duty abolished on energy savers

EPB zone to be established in Balochistan

Profit on national savings schemes to be raised by 2%

Rs.543 billion allocated for development programs in the budget

5 percent excise duty abolished on crop insurance scheme

Remittances coming into Pakistan after the incident of 9/11 could not be best utilized, the basic infrastructure could have been improved from this amount.

Agriculture Bank to be strengthened so that more incentives could be given to agriculture sector.

10 percent custom duty is being abolished to improve the production of rice.

The gap between demand and supply has increased over the years and there has been no investment in the power-generation sector since 1994.

The number of Utility Stores will be increased to 6000 so that poor people could be provided with more relief.

Rs.28.4 billion allocated for Peoples Works Program.