PPP-PML-N 聯盟在預算方面遇到障礙

人民黨和穆斯林聯盟-北方黨之間的關係似乎如履薄冰，因為前者是執政聯盟的重要盟友，對此表示不滿

The PPP and PML-N hit a stumbling block on Tuesday when they failed to reconcile their differences over the proposed 18 per cent standard sales tax on agriculture inputs and machinery. The tax, which the International Monetary Fund insists on as part of its campaign to end tax exemptions in Pakistan, remains a bone of contention.

週二，PPP 和 PML-N 遇到了障礙，因為他們未能就農業投入品和機械徵收 18% 標準銷售稅的提議達成分歧。國際貨幣基金組織堅持將這項稅收作為其結束巴基斯坦免稅政策的一部分，但仍是爭論的焦點。

Moreover, the PPP leadership is unhappy over load-shedding, importing wheat at the wrong time and the inquiry results as well as not giving relief to the agriculture sector in the budget. Feeling left out in the cold by the PML-N, the PPP leadership minced no words in expressing their displeasure as they lambasted the PML-N for sidelining a key coalition partner.

此外，PPP領導層對減負荷、在錯誤時間進口小麥、調查結果以及預算中沒有給予農業部門救濟等問題感到不滿。人民黨領導層感到受到了穆斯林聯盟-北方的冷落，他們毫不掩飾地表達了他們的不滿，痛斥穆斯林聯盟-北方將一個關鍵的聯盟夥伴排擠在一邊。

When asked about the PPP’s thin presence in the NA, Senator Sherry Rehman said that the PPP had agreed to support government formation in the larger national interest after intense negotiations, adding that as part of both the parties’ agreement, “the PSDP of all four provinces was to be pre-agreed with the government”.

當被問及人民黨在國會的影響力薄弱時，參議員雪莉·雷曼(Sherry Rehman) 表示，經過激烈的談判，人民黨已同意支持為了更大的國家利益而組建政府，並補充說，作為雙方協議的一部分，「所有四個政黨的社會民主黨各省應事先與政府達成協議」。

Had we been taken on board, the PPP stalwart said, we would have been able to positively contribute to the government’s budget-making process. “It is for this reason that PPP had token representation in protest during today’s budget speech session in the National Assembly,” Rehman said.

這位 PPP 的堅定支持者表示，如果我們被接納，我們將能夠為政府的預算制定過程做出積極貢獻。雷曼說：“正是出於這個原因，人民黨在國民議會今天的預算演講會議上象徵性地派代表表示抗議。”

“It is our party’s position that the government must take the PPP into full confidence on important issues such as the budget,” she said, adding the PPP is also engaged with the PML-N to ensure that the agreement is implemented and any future misunderstandings can be avoided.

她說：「我們黨的立場是，政府必須在預算等重要議題上對 PPP 充滿信心。」她補充說，PPP 還與 PML-N 合作，以確保協議得到執行，並避免未來出現任何誤解。可以避免的。

Both parties’ teams are meeting again tomorrow, she said, to ensure the implementation of the remainder of the agreement.

她說，雙方團隊明天將再次會面，以確保協議其餘部分的實施。

For the past few days, the coalition partners have not been on the same page after PPP accused PML-N of turning a deaf ear to its concerns about budget and taxation, saying the PM and his government should approach and address the issues if they needed continued support from the key ally.

在過去的幾天裡，在 PPP 指責 PML-N 對預算和稅收問題充耳不聞，並表示總理及其政府應該在需要時解決這些問題後，聯盟夥伴的意見並不一致。

Following a split mandate in the February 8 general elections, it was the PPP which had helped the PML-N to form the government in the centre after they both had reached an agreement and divided key constitutional offices, including PM, president, governors, chairman and deputy chairman of Senate and speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly, between them.

在 2 月 8 日大選中出現分裂授權後，人民黨幫助 PML-N 組建了中間政府，雙方達成協議並劃分了關鍵的憲法職位，包括總理、總統、州長、主席。議長和副議長。