Ishaq Dar

One burger combo, please!
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One burger combo, please!

Finance minister Ishaq Dar has been regularly claiming two things: One, Pakistan won’t default on its external ...
Updated 12 Jun, 2023 07:08am
Full of sound and fury
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Full of sound and fury

An exercise in futility at best, extreme folly at worst, are the most appropriate epithets for the budget 2023-24...
Updated 10 Jun, 2023 01:05pm
PTI rejects budget
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PTI rejects budget

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday said that Ishaq Dar gave an “Instagramable budget with filters...
Updated 10 Jun, 2023 08:52am
The Budget
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The Budget

EDITORIAL: The federal finance minister, Ishaq Dar, while presenting the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 yesterday...
Published 10 Jun, 2023 05:01am
PML(N)-led coalition govt struggles to strike a delicate balance between outright populism & fiscal discipline
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PML(N)-led coalition govt struggles to strike a delicate balance between outright populism & fiscal discipline

  • Dar presents Rs14.5trn budget
  • Budget closely watched by IMF
  • 3.5% economic growth target set
  • Fiscal deficit target set at 6.54% of GDP
  • Govt targets inflation at 21%
  • Total spending target of 14.46 trillion rupees set
  • Defence expenditure estimated at 1.8 trillion rupees
  • Targets total tax revenue of 9.2 trillion rupees
  • Targets total non-tax revenue of 3 trillion rupees
  • $30 billion export target set
  • No new tax on industrial sector
Published 10 Jun, 2023 05:00am
Rs696bn budgeted from IMF
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Rs696bn budgeted from IMF

ISLAMABAD: The government has budgeted Rs 696 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for next fiscal...
Published 10 Jun, 2023 04:45am
Economic Survey 2022-23
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Economic Survey 2022-23

EDITORIAL: One day prior to tabling the budget 2023-24 in parliament, the Economic Survey 2022-23, as is the...
Updated 09 Jun, 2023 06:50am
Growth projection
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Growth projection

EDITORIAL: Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) met under the chairmanship of the Minister for Planning,...
Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:28am