Govt not imposed tax on poor masses: Shafqat Mahmood

ISLAMABAD, Sep 18 (APP):Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood Tuesday said that the government had not imposed any tax on the poor segment in the country.
Talking to media outside Parliament House here, he said that unfortunately,
the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) had played tricks in
presenting budget by hiding the actual figures and there was difference of Rs 900 billions.
He said that the government was making efforts to overcome the financial situation by taking various
measures.
He said that Rs 30,000 billions loans were taken by the
previous governments which now being faced by the present government. He said
that export had also decreased which was causing loss of Rs 18 billion to the
national exchequer.