Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, a former banker, tabled the Finance Bill FY25 ... for the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP)-projects, he said adding that the developmental budget was a display ...

Pakistan’s budget for the upcoming year aims for a modest 3.6 per cent GDP growth, and sets an ambitious Rs13 trillion tax collection target, raising taxes on salaried classes and removing tax ...

The chronic underinvestment in human capital continues to haunt Pakistan’s long-term development potential. Despite an expanding budget, allocations for health and education remain suboptimal ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will present the financial year 2024/25 annual budget on June 10, two government sources said on Friday, ahead of seeking a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.

Fitch Ratings further stated that the “ambitious FY25 budget” strengthened Pakistan’s prospects to strike a bailout agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It expressed doubts ...

Fitch forecasts Pakistan’s FY25 budget to significantly reduce government debt, which is projected to decline to 68% of GDP by the end of FY24. This reduction is attributed to high inflation and ...

Pakistan made significant progress towards reducing poverty ... Real GDP growth is estimated to reach 2.6 percent in FY25, supported by robust private consumption and investment, buoyed by lower ...

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While delivering the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail claimed that the government had taken measures to ensure that the rich were taxed and that the ...

Pakistan’s cities are sizzling under a heat wave, much like India. But the political heat is on, as Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif presented the budget, giving the signal for national dismay and ...