During his brief tenure as finance minister, he has been credited for proposing the idea of the Benazir Income Support Programme, the largest government aid program in Pakistan to provide financial assistance to low-income families.
During his brief tenure as finance minister, he was criticized for causing the rupee fall, bank run and panic in the market. Meanwhile he has been credited for proposing the idea of the Benazir Income Support Programme, the largest government aid program in Pakistan to provide financial assistance to low-income families.