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Pakistan’s debt quagmire, IMF dependence, and Budget FY2025-26

With a total public debt of over PKR 76 trillion (roughly $267 billion), or nearly 65% of total income (i.e., GDP),...

Updated 09 Jul, 2025 08:17am

PM commends economic team

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday heaped praise on his economic team with Finance Minister...

Updated 27 Jun, 2025 09:22am

Opinion

Budget 2025–26: Between recovery and reality

As the government tabled the federal budget for FY2025–26 on June 10, it did so against a backdrop of cautious...

Updated 26 Jun, 2025 07:38am

BR Research

Budget ironies

Budget-making in Pakistan largely follows the narrow path laid out by the IMF, where the Fund’s primary focus...

Updated 24 Jun, 2025 08:18am

Opinion

The provincial budgets of FY26

The four provincial budgets were announced last week. The first budget presented was that of Sindh, followed by...

Updated 24 Jun, 2025 07:51am

Business & Finance

Federal Budget termed detrimental to industry

KARACHI: Former Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and former...

Published 19 Jun, 2025 05:53am

Business & Finance

IMF agreed to spare agriculture sector from taxes, says PM Shehbaz

PM says agriculture sector “already under pressure” in country

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 05:55pm

Markets

Budget 2025-26: Senate panel opposes tax on imported solar panels

Govt has proposed 18% tax on imported solar panels in budget for FY2025-26

Published 17 Jun, 2025 10:34pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s exporters urge PM to save value-added industry, seek FTR removal, EFS restoration

Pakistan’s $11 billion value-added export-oriented industry—contributing nearly one-third of the country’s total...

Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:49pm

Opinion

The assumptions in FY26 budget

The budget 2025-26 makes one implicit and three explicit assumptions that enable its architects to present a set of...

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:03am

Opinion

Budget with mixed signals

This is a contractionary budget, aimed at delivering a consolidated fiscal deficit of 3.9 percent of GDP—the ...

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:38am

Editorials

Sindh budget

EDITORIAL: The Sindh budget for 2025-26 was considerably more realistic relative to the federal budget on four...

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 07:56am

Business & Finance

FBR’s Budget Anomaly Committee: Businessmen praise LCCI president’s induction

LAHORE: Mian Abuzar Shad, President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has been appointed as a...

Published 16 Jun, 2025 06:25am

Pakistan

Lawmakers call for providing relief to masses

ISLAMABAD: Law-makers in the National Assembly on Saturday delivered a detailed and constructive review of the...

Published 15 Jun, 2025 03:30am

Pakistan

Sindh budget for FY2025-26 at a glance

The Sindh government announced its budget for the financial year 2025-26 on Friday, with Chief Minister Murad Ali...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 09:27pm

Pakistan

Budget FY2025-26: Sindh announces to expand sales tax to all major services

The Sindh government has announced to tax “all services” excluding essential and social services, aiming to “expand...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 08:00pm

BR Research

FY26 budget delivers little for oil, gas and refineries

The Federal Budget for FY26 has brought a mix of continuity and subtle policy shifts for Pakistan’s oil and gas...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:28am

Pakistan

Budget again fails to meet masses’ expectations: SCBAP

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) noted that the annual federal budget once again...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

Pakistan

PIMA voices concern over 16pc cut in health budget

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has expressed deep concern over the 16 percent cut in the...

Published 12 Jun, 2025 06:18am

Business & Finance

Pakistan govt’s budget steps may hinder cashless economy drive: TOAP

ISLAMABAD: As the government unveils a raft of new taxes on digital transactions and e-commerce in the federal...

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 12:04pm

Markets

Pakistan budget for FY2025-26 in brief

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced Pakistan’s federal budget 2025-26 “for a competitive economy” on...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 05:12pm

Pakistan

Maryam praises PM, his team for presenting ‘people-friendly’ budget

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has congratulated Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and his...