Centre expenditure on provincial subjects Updated 12 Nov, 2026 06:32am EDITORIAL: The Senate Standing Committee on Devolution was informed that the Centre spent Rs5 trillion on 17...
Extraction & POL price fixing Updated 16 Oct, 2026 10:11pm Bottom line first, Pakistan’s current petroleum pricing mechanism is no longer an energy policy instrument; it is a...
PM defends steps in relation to ‘turbulent’ KP Published 14 Oct, 2026 04:31am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday defended the imposition of emergency and Governor’s Rule in...
PM Shehbaz briefs allied parties on KP situation, defends 'constitutional measures' Published 13 Oct, 2026 10:19pm Says conduct of PTI-led provincial government posed risk to economy
Cut in social sectors by provinces Updated 13 Oct, 2026 06:41am EDITORIAL: Reports indicate that the visiting international Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in discussions with the...
A national emergency demands local bodies Updated 12 Oct, 2026 05:41am EDITORIAL: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal’s call to declare education, health, nutrition, clean water and population...
The provincial revenue problem Updated 06 Oct, 2026 05:48am EDITORIAL: Sindh government spokesperson Sukhdev Hemnani’s recent observation that federal revenue shortfalls are...
Constitution & IMF’s benchmarks Published 02 Oct, 2026 05:28am The federal finance secretary has told a parliamentary committee that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants...
FBR establishes NFC in Islamabad Published 26 Sep, 2026 05:54am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Friday announced establishment of the National Faceless Centre (NFC)...
Fazl condemns arrest of IK’s sisters Published 22 Sep, 2026 05:15am ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday condemned the arrest of Imran Khan’s...
‘Federal revenue shortfalls hit provincial uplift’ Published 20 Sep, 2026 02:22am KARACHI: Spokesperson for the Government of Sindh Sukhdev Hemnani has said that federal revenue shortfalls are...
Kayani for fed-provincial alignment, local devolution Published 18 Sep, 2026 05:15am ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani on Thursday called for greater alignment between federal...
Divided below, sovereign above Updated 12 Sep, 2026 07:54am The year is 1858. Undivided India is a patchwork of kingdoms, principalities and districts, and on paper power...
New map for old problems? Published 12 Sep, 2026 05:46am EDITORIAL: That Pakistan’s present governance structure has failed to deliver adequately to a population of around...
12-member panel to examine bill: Sindh PA introduces LG (Amend) Bill Published 10 Sep, 2026 06:20am KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday introduced the Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2026 and formed a...
Service sector tax collection: challenges Published 23 Aug, 2026 02:33am Pakistan has become overwhelmingly a services-led economy, with services contributing roughly 60 percent of GDP....
Malik Khuda Bakhsh commends govt’s measures for economic stability Published 19 Aug, 2026 04:48am KARACHI: President Pakistan Business Forum (Sindh Region) and Chairman Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA)...
Positive fiscal outcome of 2025-26 Updated 18 Aug, 2026 05:28am The information on fiscal operations in Pakistan in 2025-26 was released last week by the Federal Ministry of...
Independence without fiscal sovereignty Published 14 Aug, 2026 05:48am Today (August 14, 2026), Pakistan completes 79 years as an independent state. Political sovereignty passed from...
Governance structure in Pakistan—II Updated 12 Aug, 2026 07:00am Status in other countries Before moving further, it would be advantageous to see the administrative units in various...
Governance structure in Pakistan—I Updated 11 Aug, 2026 06:34am Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has stated at the Pakistan Economic Summit held on 29-30 July in Islamabad...
Fiscal federalism in Pakistan Updated 11 Aug, 2026 05:47am The World Bank has recently published a report on Strengthening Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan. This report has come...
World Bank’s fiscal federalism report: PM sets up high-level body Updated 01 Aug, 2026 09:18am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the formation of a high-level committee to review the...
Population and the NFC Award Updated 23 Jul, 2026 06:34am EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s description of the NFC Award’s 82 percent population weightage as...
Bilawal says AJK election crucial for Kashmir’s future Published 23 Jul, 2026 05:26am MIRPUR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has termed the upcoming election in Azad Jammu...
KP govt moves FCC for 7th NFC Award review Published 21 Jul, 2026 05:11am PESHAWAR: Advisor to KP Chief Minister on Finance Muzzammil Aslam has said that Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has...
Erstwhile Fata/Pata: Grand jirga participants discuss imposition of taxes Published 18 Jul, 2026 05:03am PESHAWAR: A Grand Jirga convened by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was held at the Chief Minister’s House in...
NFC Award formula: Aurangzeb hints at reviewing population-based distribution Updated 16 Jul, 2026 09:34am ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday hinted at reviewing the National Finance Commission...
Aurangzeb calls for review of NFC Award's population criterion Published 15 Jul, 2026 12:36pm Finance Minister calls for reviewing the "unsustainable" 82% population-based NFC Award resource distribution.
Merged districts, Malakand: KP urges Center to defer tax exemption withdrawal Published 09 Jul, 2026 06:47am PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has written to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz...