Schmidt’s visit was unannounced and left only a bland govt press release in its wake.

Court, legal precedent seen as too pragmatic to risk the fate of the economy over one case.

Politicians get more discretionary allocations at the expense of infrastructure and public safety.

Some minor infrastructure upgrades announced, no major push on developing energy in the province.

Huge increases in infrastructure, agriculture spending.

The Rs303b outlay focuses on improving spending efficiency.

Foreign debt repayments of $2.3b due this year, local debt keeps getting shorter in tenure.

Budget appears to be targeted towards satisfying not the average Pakistani voter but the executive board of the IMF.

Among major crops, rice and cotton register impressive growth.

Government makes it very hard to find out exactly what they are spending on and where it plans to collect its revenues