ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said the series of consultative meetings regarding the budget is going on and assured maximum relief to the people of Pakistan in the budget.

Addressing the media, she said the second instalment of the Kissan Package is coming. Kisan package led to record wheat production in Pakistan, she said.

The coalition government has corrected the economic direction of the country, Marriyum Aurangzeb said while adding that the focus is on reducing prices of flour, cooking oil, and wheat.

Criticisingthe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), she said the PTI was on a mission to cause damage to the economic, defence, and national interests of the country.

“History is witness that no one can fool the nation every time by resorting to false tactics and propaganda. The social media network was launched with foreign funding to malign the national security institution".

"The nation will never forget those working on an anti-state agenda. The cypher and the May 9 riots are two stages of a conspiracy.

First, they resorted to propaganda against the United States under the guise of a cipher narrative. Then they beg the US after the May 9 vandalism," Aurangzeb said.

She asserted, "First negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and then violating the agreement was also part of the foreign agenda".

"The uproar caused by foreign media in connection with the human rights violations is also part of the foreign agenda to stop foreign financial aid to the country," she added.

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