This is the first year the federal budget is being prepared using the newly adopted Medium-Term budgetary Framework (MTBF).

This year, expenditure ceilings were issued to Ministries on recurrent budget after Cabinet's approval, in line with the Government's stated priorities.

[1] The Government of Pakistan announced federal budget for fiscal year 2009–2010 having total volume of Rs 2.489 trillion.

The PSDP shows an increase of 54 percent over the revised estimates 2008–09, which were mercilessly slashed during the current year to meet the budget deficit target agreed with the IMF.

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani agreed on the proposal of 20 percent increase in salaries and pension of government employees.