Budget 2024 25
Multinational companies write letter to PBA.
Updated 23 Jun, 2024 11:33am
Provincial finance minister Nosherwani claims projects are aimed at equitable growth across province.
Updated 23 Jun, 2024 11:21am
Abolition of all govt authorities, companies sought during budget session.
Updated 23 Jun, 2024 11:59am
It is unclear if policymakers truly grasp the nature and scale of the fiscal challenge.
Published 22 Jun, 2024 07:16am
Finance Bill 2024 proposes a series of indirect taxes expected to fuel inflation in the coming weeks.
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:57am
Foreign project assistance is expected to be Rs28.2bn.
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 11:22am
Proposes drawing up two-month budget for administrative purposes only.
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 09:46am
No one from treasury benches defends govt’s economic policy; PPP continues "token boycott".
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:43am
Development expenditure projected at Rs321.2bn; Rs32bn allocated for education, Rs20bn for health development spending.
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:52am
The six-hour huddle was split into two parts; the first one was focused on Punjab and the other on PPP’s reservations over budget.
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 08:01am
It is almost as if the government and its representatives want the party to go on for themselves by extracting more from compliant citizens and businesses and borrowing from future generations of Pakistanis.
Updated 22 Jun, 2024 11:49am
Closes at 78,810, sustaining record high from a day ago as analyst highlights investors' optimism about new IMF deal.
Updated 21 Jun, 2024 08:45pm
To hit the education sector through various tax measures seems very unfair. We have to realise that taxes have consequences.
Updated 21 Jun, 2024 09:23am
Assembly session to begin at 4pm.
Published 21 Jun, 2024 08:08am
Bilawal assures PML-N of support with budget; both sides likely to meet today for further talks; Punjab govt "creating difficulties" for PPP, Shehbaz told.
Updated 21 Jun, 2024 08:58am
Senator Ali Zafar criticises lack of budget proposals to curtail spending; Vawda opposes taxes on EVs.
Updated 21 Jun, 2024 11:03am
Govt’s own MPAs point out shortcomings while MQM-P calls it a "pro-feudal" document.
Updated 21 Jun, 2024 08:59am
Speech muted several times as Omar Ayub criticises establishment.
Updated 20 Jun, 2024 08:06pm
The proposed budget has not shown any particular appetite for reforms to help stop economic bleeding caused by repeated climate-induced disasters.
Updated 20 Jun, 2024 09:32am
Says PML-N yet to make serious effort to address grievances; ruling party hopes matter will be resolved when Shehbaz, Bilawal meet today.
Published 20 Jun, 2024 07:37am
Representatives say proposed measure to hurt economy, encourage flight of capital
Published 20 Jun, 2024 07:09am
Fitch reduces growth forecast due to the plans of the coalition government facing "stiff resistance" inside parliament.
Published 19 Jun, 2024 02:57pm
Says current tax-to-GDP ratio of 9.5 per cent “not sustainable”.
Updated 18 Jun, 2024 05:38pm
Cars and heartbeats in Karachi speed up at the sound of a motorbike as one expects to be mugged on gun points.
Published 17 Jun, 2024 10:25am
Clarification comes after criticism over budgetary proposal to impose sales tax on services of education and health services.
Published 17 Jun, 2024 05:31am
Says lower and middle income groups have been placed under "unbearable burden".
Updated 19 Jun, 2024 10:27am
Over the last five years, the salaried middle class has lost 45pc of its purchasing power through a mix of inflation and taxes.
Published 17 Jun, 2024 05:30am
There is no targeted move aimed solely at creating jobs or reducing the incidence of poverty in the short term
Updated 17 Jun, 2024 10:16am
The government has set a mere 2pc annual growth target, a drastic reduction from the 6.25pc realised last year.
Published 17 Jun, 2024 05:30am
This budget has failed to alter the course of our downward trajectory, says ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail.
Updated 20 Jun, 2024 08:05pm
