ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will present federal budget for the next financial year in the National Assembly 4 pm on Thursday.

The Finance Minister had held important meetings with Finance Division, FBR, and other concerned departments in order to finalize budgetary proposals in accordance with the directives of the Prime Minister, officials said.

Today, Dar presented the Economic Survey for 2016-17 in Islamabad, stating that the volume of Pakistani economy crossed the threshold of $300 billion during the outgoing financial year.

Briefing the media about the performance of different sectors, the Finance Minister said that overall economic growth remained five point two eight percent which is the highest in the last ten years. – Samaa