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

Updated 09 Jul, 2025 08:17am

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

PM commends economic team

Updated 27 Jun, 2025 09:22am

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

Budget 2025–26: Between recovery and reality

Updated 26 Jun, 2025 07:38am

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

Budget ironies

Updated 24 Jun, 2025 08:18am

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

The provincial budgets of FY26

Updated 24 Jun, 2025 07:51am

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

Federal Budget termed detrimental to industry

Published 19 Jun, 2025 05:53am

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

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

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 05:55pm

PM says agriculture sector “already under pressure” in country

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

Published 17 Jun, 2025 10:34pm

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

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

Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:49pm

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

The assumptions in FY26 budget

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:03am

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

Budget with mixed signals

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:38am

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

Sindh budget

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 07:56am

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

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

Published 16 Jun, 2025 06:25am

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

Lawmakers call for providing relief to masses

Published 15 Jun, 2025 03:30am

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

Sindh budget for FY2025-26 at a glance

Published 13 Jun, 2025 09:27pm

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

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

Published 13 Jun, 2025 08:00pm

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

FY26 budget delivers little for oil, gas and refineries

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:28am

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

Budget again fails to meet masses’ expectations: SCBAP

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

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

PIMA voices concern over 16pc cut in health budget

Published 12 Jun, 2025 06:18am

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

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

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 12:04pm

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

Pakistan budget for FY2025-26 in brief

Published 11 Jun, 2025 05:12pm

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