IMF: Steady does it Published 18 Nov, 2024 08:49am The IMF’s “no surprises” visit comes to a close and the team has gone back. The mission was here for a stock-taking...
Petroleum Levy target: A Rs215 billion cut Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:33am The IMF Article IV Report detailing the contours of Pakistan’s latest Extended Financing Facility (EFF) is finally...
Petroleum levy target: a Rs215 billion cut Published 15 Oct, 2024 09:12am The IMF Article IV Report detailing the contours of Pakistan’s latest Extended Financing Facility (EFF) is finally...
Ahsan fears Rs200bn-400bn cut in PSDP outlay Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:50pm Says hands are tied as IMF is not ready to give any relaxation in its conditions
Economic Update & Outlook: July statement characterised by absence of key info Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am ISLAMABAD: The July 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a regular monthly publication by the Finance Division, is...
Cement still in check Published 07 Jul, 2023 09:27am Costly construction and declining consumer buying power, together with cuts in public sector spending has dampened...
PSDP in 9MFY23 Published 15 May, 2023 08:40am Three-quarters of the fiscal in, the federal development spending remained at less than half of the budget,...
Falling PSDP Published 10 Apr, 2023 08:58am As the fiscal space gets tighter amid ballooning debt servicing costs, so goes down the development spending, ...
Release / disbursement: Rs399.68bn funds authorised for PSDP Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:58am ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has authorised the release/disbursement of...
On provincial development spending Published 15 Feb, 2023 09:36am While the sharp 44 percent year-on-year decline in 1HFY23 federal development spending under the Public Sector...
PSDP in 1HFY23 Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:27am The Ministry of Finance’s fiscal scorecard released last week confirmed what many observers have been pointing out...
PSDP: the slide continues Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:56am The decline in the federal government’s Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) has been more severe than...
On PSDP spending Published 14 Dec, 2022 09:02am Amid growing budget deficit in an uncertain macroeconomic environment, development spending has again become the...
PSDP’s big drop Published 10 Nov, 2022 08:05am The first quarter’s development spending in FY23 was widely expected to remain off the mark, considering that the...
Wither PSDP? Published 16 Sep, 2022 08:29am Amid tight fiscal space and political instability in the country, the prospects for higher spending under the ...
Uplift, recurrent budget: MoF changes fund release strategy Published 27 Aug, 2022 05:49am ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has altered strategy for release of funds for development budget/ Public Sector...
Development budget: middle ground? Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:07am Caught between the need for fiscal austerity and the demands of an election-cycle fast approaching, the PML-N-led...
Higher PSDP spending: a long shot? Published 08 Jun, 2022 10:33am The Shehbaz government is reportedly allocating Rs800 billion for the federal Public Sector Development Program...
Wither development? Published 18 May, 2022 08:26am With the economy in a tailspin amidst fiscal squeeze, arguments for higher development spending to rev up the...
Fate of development spending Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:24am Now that the godfather of development is in charge, how will the federal government’s flagship Public Sector...
Development spending in the dock? Published 15 Mar, 2022 08:07am Is development spending about to get caught up in the political storm? Already, there are reports that the PM’s...
On PSDP cut Published 07 Dec, 2021 07:54am The earlier indications of potentially-record PSDP spending taking place this fiscal now stand dissipated. For ...
PSDP: not so fast? Published 11 Nov, 2021 07:20am Latest numbers have somewhat chastened earlier fiscal signals of turbo-charged development spending this fiscal....
PSDP in high gear Published 09 Sep, 2021 08:28am When the federal government allocated Rs900 billion under FY22 Public Sector Development Program (PSDP), folks were...
KP CM directs completion of formalities for PSDP projects Published 12 Jul, 2021 05:26am PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Sunday directed the authorities concerned to take steps for timely...
High hopes for PSDP Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:30am One of the highlights of the FY22 federal budget is the massive hike in the federal Public Sector Development ...
Sherry says all economic sectors on 'ventilator' Published 30 May, 2021 03:51am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) parliamentary leader and former leader of opposition in the Senate, Sherry...
Development spending Published 20 May, 2021 07:25am Contrary to the federal government’s hopes of priming the economic pump in FY21 through increased development...
On PSDP spending Published 11 Mar, 2021 07:25am As per latest data from the Planning Commission, the spending authorizations under the FY21 Public Sector ...
Tesla rival Lucid Motors to go public in $11.8bn blank-check merger Published 23 Feb, 2021 12:14pm The deal with CCIV includes a private investment of $2.5 billion from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, funds managed by BlackRock and others.