As the government led by Shehbaz Sharif continues to refine the upcoming budget, it may be premature to make assumptions about its contents. It will take a few more days for the budget ideas to become more solid and for their contents to be finalised. The PML-N’s uncertainty about the budget’s format is indicative of the unstable political climate in the nation. The incumbent party, on the one hand, is unwilling to lose more politicalThe PML-N’s uncertainty about the budget’s format is indicative of the unstable political climate in the nation. In a departure from tradition, the PTI government in KP revealed its next budget last week, far ahead of the federal budget.