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Business & Finance

Finance bill 2023: recommendations finalised by Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue meeting, chaired by Senator Saleem Mandviwalla has...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:10am

Opinion

Budget 2023-24: Impediments to a viable economy

The provisional data issued by the National Accounts Committee portray a bleak picture of the economy where real GDP...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

Federal Budget: BAP Senator for addressing plight of Baloch people

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Danesh Kumar has said that the plight of the people of Balochistan...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Understanding and addressing fault lines—II

b. Selling Cheap: Except from 1971 to 1977 on the economic policy side, there was complete unconditional surrender...

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 06:47am

Editorials

Whither the economy

EDITORIAL: The budget for 2023-24 fails to curtail expenditure (and instead raised current expenditure by 26.5...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Print

Moody’s disputes govt’s growth assumption

Says Government of Pakistan’s budget lacks major revenue-raising or spending-containment measures to alleviate intense government liquidity pressures

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:54am

Print

Cigarettes, juices: FED reduction likely

ISLAMABAD: In an unexpected move, the amended Finance Bill 2023 to be announced on June 23 is expected to decrease...

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:59am

Business & Finance

Agriculture sector: Treasury calls for introducing more incentives

ISLAMABAD: The treasury lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday called for introducing more incentives in the...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

PC board approves budget estimates for FY2023-24

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission (PC) convened its latest Board meeting under the chairmanship of Abid ...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

Govt accused of giving boost to undocumented retail sector thru budget

LAHORE: The budget 2023-24 has given more relaxation to the undocumented and unregistered retail sector and...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Print

IMF raises serious objections over budget 2023-24

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised serious objections over the budget for fiscal year...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Opinion

A timid budget by a hesitant govt

The budget was really not a budget per se. We have come to expect major policy measures being enacted, loads of ...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:31am

Opinion

The Fund strikes back

It didn’t take long for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to red-flag the budget, did it? Just as feared in...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Opinion

Understanding and addressing fault lines–I

The Economist in its edition of May 13-19th 2023 has pointed out that the 10-year USD-denominated sovereign bond of...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:39am

Business & Finance

Export industry: PHMA advocates a level playing field

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) on Wednesday called for promoting...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

Concessional energy: APTMA steps up pressure on govt

ISLAMABAD: Leading textile units and big textile manufacturers on Wednesday warned to “hand in keys of their...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

There’s tax evasion of Rs500bn in real estate sector alone: Asif

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Wednesday said ‘elite capture’ is the root of all socioeconomic ills as...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Editorials

Ambitious Sindh budget

EDITORIAL: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presented an ambitious Rs 2.2 trillion provincial budget for...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Print

Political stability key to economic strength: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that political stability was highly important to achieve...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:08am

Print

Flood-affected people: PPP expresses concerns over budget

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto chaired a virtual meeting of the party on the budget...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:05am