IMF programme: fourth review—II Updated 06 Oct, 2026 06:51am The first part of the article was published last week prior to the arrival of Staff Mission to Pakistan for the...
July-February 2025-26: Average CPI inflation stands at 5.5pc: Ahsan Updated 14 May, 2026 09:20am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said the average Consumer...
Shortfall in FBR revenues Published 07 Apr, 2026 02:22am The shortfall in FBR revenues has emerged as the Achilles’ heel of the IMF Programme. There is need to study the...
FBR says erroneous tax return SMS issued by telecom service providers Published 08 Dec, 2025 09:11pm SMS sent to taxpayers asks to file income tax returns for Tax Year 2025 before September 30, 2025 deadline, which has already passed
OPINION: Performance of federal tax revenues Updated 02 Dec, 2025 07:45am The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released the Revenue Division’s Year Book for 2024-25. This is an extremely...
‘Payment with returns’: FBR collects mere 4pc of total revenue in FY25 Updated 31 Oct, 2025 09:17am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected only 4 percent of the total income tax collection from...
Fiscal consolidation set to continue Updated 01 Sep, 2025 08:23am Fiscal consolidation is expected to remain on course in FY26. There may be a shortfall in FBR revenues (as was the...
The federal budget of FY2025-26 Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am The federal budget for 2025-26 has been announced recently. This has led to wide-ranging discussions in the media...
Fiscal outcomes in H1FY25 Published 18 Feb, 2025 03:01am The statistics on fiscal operations by the Federal and the Provincial governments have been released by the Ministry...
IMF programme targets: performance Updated 11 Feb, 2025 06:59am This is an appropriate time to evaluate the initial performance of Pakistan’s economy in the first half of ...
Fiscal outcome in first quarter Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am The first quarter of 2024-25 has closed with an unusual and extremely positive outcome. There is actually a...
Q1 surplus – too good to last? Published 01 Nov, 2024 09:07am The fiscal numbers for the first quarter are too good to be true. The consolidated fiscal surplus stood at Rs1.7...
Budgetary outcome in 2023-24 Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:40am The statistics on the outcome of fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in 2023-24 were ...