Pakistan, June 16 -- The Punjab government on Monday presented budget for fiscal year 2020-21 with a total outlay of 2.24 trillion amid protest and walkout by the opposition.

The provincial budget was presented by Finance Minister MakhdoomHashimJawanBakht at a local hotel, which had already been declared as Punjab Assembly chambers. The finance minister started his speech by criticizing the economic policies of the previous governments, adding that the Covid-19 outbreak has also severely hit the economy in the past few months. He said that the PTI government made a good start of the ongoing fiscal year but the Covid-19 hampered the growth. "The taxes of FBR were increased by 13 percent while the current account deficit was decreased by 7...