Beyond the divide: rethinking federal-provincial collaboration for economic transformation—II Agriculture, livelihoods, and forests: climate impacts and systemic constraints Agriculture remains the backbone... Updated 12 Jun, 2025 08:01am
Budget 2025-26 Petroleum products: 26.4pc rise in PL envisaged A significant Rs 1,468.395 billion PL on petroleum products is budgeted for upcoming fiscal year Updated 11 Jun, 2025 09:28am
Editorials The Budget EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb presented yesterday a Rs 17.573 trillion federal budget for 2025-2026... Updated 11 Jun, 2025 07:13am
Opinion The Budget of Pakistan The discussion and debates on budget are generally made in technical terms due to which the common man is not able ... Updated 10 Jun, 2025 07:40am
Editorials No high population growth blackmail, please EDITORIAL: Ahsan Iqbal, the Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, on the occasion of the launch... Updated 03 Jun, 2025 06:38am
Print PIDE Conference: Dar advocates NFC Award revisit ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Ishaq Dar has stressed the need for... Updated 18 Apr, 2025 09:19am
Print Balochistan’s share in NFC Award doubled: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed optimism on Thursday regarding Pakistan’s economic recovery,... Updated 18 Apr, 2025 09:18am
Print Funding BMRL share in Reko Diq: ECC asks PD to examine Centre’s commitment Directs review of federal funding for Balochistan's stake citing project revenue, NFC share Updated 30 Mar, 2025 04:37pm
Editorials Weightage of population in NFC EDITORIAL: Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb while presiding over a meeting on National Health and Population... Published 25 Mar, 2025 06:04am
Pakistan KP demands enhanced share in NFC award ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government, terming the current National Finance Commission (NFC) award as ultra... Published 25 Feb, 2025 08:07am
Pakistan Centre owes Rs2,675bn to KP, claims CM Gandapur PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has said “despite the passage of six years of... Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am
Pakistan Development funds: KP govt seeks release of Rs8.46bn ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government while complaining of not receiving funds as per formula has approached the... Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am
Print NFC award: govt official says IMF has attached no conditions ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing committee on Finance and Revenue, while observing increasing distortions in resources... Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:40am
Print Aurangzeb rules out ‘mini-budget’ The finance minister says Pakistan has successfully achieved the primary surplus target, the cabinet has approved the National Fiscal Pact, and there is no need to revise the NFC Updated 17 Nov, 2024 05:01pm
Business & Finance 1.4pc of GDP: Q1 ends with Rs1.696trn budget balance ISLAMABAD: The government closed first quarter of current fiscal year 2024-25 with overall budget balance of Rs1.696... Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am
Print Public debt stands at Rs71.2trn, Aurangzeb tells NA ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Friday, revealed in the National Assembly... Updated 31 Aug, 2024 03:34pm
Pakistan PM says AI ‘is the future’ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the provinces are getting 60 percent shares from the... Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:41am
Opinion Medium-term budget strategy The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the Medium-Term Budget Strategy Statement for the period, 2024-25 to... Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am
Opinion Provincial budgets for FY2024-25 The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies.... Published 23 Jul, 2024 06:58am
Print KP to earn receipts of Rs90bn from oil and gas sectors PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will earn revenue amounting to Rs.89.8 billion in the... Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:05am
Opinion Provincial surplus and the federal budget To formulate federal and provincial budgets necessitates engagement between the federal government and its ... Updated 01 Jul, 2024 07:38am
Pakistan Centre has not given Rs590bn to KP, says advisor to CM Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif says the remaining funds could be provided to the provincial government under the National Finance Commission Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am
Print KP to receive Rs1212bn in the head of federal transfers PESHAWAR: The KP government will receive an estimated amount of Rs 1212 billion in head of federal transfers from... Updated 24 Jun, 2024 09:17am
Editorials The Sindh budget EDITORIAL: So, just like Punjab’s, Sindh’s Rs3.056 trillion budget also leverages rising transfers from the... Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am
Pakistan Funds demanded for merged tribal districts ISLAMABAD: A coalition of six opposition political parties under the banner of Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin-e-Pakistan ... Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:47am
Print Govt slashes PSDP by Rs204bn ISLAMABAD: The government has slashed the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the ongoing fiscal year by... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 07:26pm
Print Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces Government left with only 42.5 percent from divisible pool with interest payments and circular energy debt no longer sustainable Updated 25 May, 2024 08:29pm
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The King is alive and will remain alive and… “So now what?” “Now no amendment to the constitution is possible as the court has suspended the distribution of... Updated 18 May, 2024 06:16am
Print 9MFY24 collection: Provinces given 53pc of total revenue under NFC Award ISLAMABAD: The provinces were transferred 53 percent of the total tax revenue collected during the first nine months... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:31am
Print PM asks Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit for provinces ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:26am