2020–2021 (2020–2021) Federal Budget

Submitted by	Hammad Azhar
Submitted to	National Assembly
Presented	12 June 2020
Parliament	Pakistan
Party	Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf
Finance minister	Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Treasurer	Ministry of Finance
‹ 2019–20 2021–2022›

The Federal budget 2020–2021 is the federal budget of Pakistan for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2020 and ending on 30 June 2021. The budget was presented in the Parliament by the Federal Minister Hammad Azhar.^[1] It is also called Corona budget as it was presented during the Corona Crisis.^[2] The government called the budget a Relief budget but major opposition parties PPP and PML-N called it People's enemy budget.^[3]

The total size of the budget is Rs. 7136 (US$25) billion.^[2]

Rs. 1289 (US$4.50) billion for defense,Rs. 83.3 (29¢ US) billion for education (7.9 per cent from higher than the last budget), Rs. 70 (24¢ US) billion were allocated for preventing coronavirus, Rs. 80 (28¢ US) billion for special economic zones. No new taxes were introduced in the budget.^[2] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that defence spending was not raised for the second consecutive year.^[4]