Journalists Boycott Post-Budget Press Over Missed Finance Bill Briefing

On Wednesday 11th of June 2025, reports stated that journalists boycotted Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s post-budget 2025-26 press conference in Islamabad.

The journalists were demonstrating against the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) inability to give a technical briefing on the Finance Bill 2025-26, according to the information. Yesterday’s briefing, which is ⁰usually provided to explain tax measures for media coverage, did not take place.

Technical Briefing Will Be Held

Attaullah Tarar, the minister of information, responded to the boycott by acknowledging the journalists’ concerns, calling their complaints

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without a doubt, correct, and confirming their right to take action.

Speaking to the media, Tarar expressed thoughts and gave confirmation that the technical briefing would be held, as promised by the FBR chairman.

According to Tarar, who joined the journalists in support of their protest, “I plan on talking to them; the technical information must take place.”

Inflation Decline Sharply

The journalists’ boycott of the press conference came to an end after Tarar apologized and gave his promise.

“Muhammad Aurangzeb, the finance minister, gave the National Assembly the Rs 17.573 trillion budget for 2025–2026 yesterday.“

The finance minister praised Pakistan’s remarkable achievements against its closest rivals and commended the country’s political and military leadership.

“Our armed forces replied to challenges with full strength and showed extraordinary capability,” he remarked.

“This is the 2nd budget of the coalition government,” he said, highlighting the government’s achievement of a primary surplus of “2.4%” of GDP.

He pointed out that timely policy actions had also resulted in a sharp decline in inflation to “4.7%”.