Federa­l minist­er refute­s report­s that federa­l govt will announ­ce 1 billio­n jobs in next two weeksISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda said that he would announce 25,000 jobs in his ministry soon. He maintained that leaders of the opposition party, PML-N, had lost credibility among the masses. However, soon after the backlash, Vawda rebuked the report saying it was “misreported in the media”. Moreover, PML-N former finance minister Miftah Ismail in a news conference on Thursday slammed the incumbent government for prevailing economic crisis in the country. The former finance minister also claimed that the next federal budget would have the highest rate of deficit in the country’s history.

Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2019 17:26 UTC