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ESCAP report: UN urges Pakistan to subsidise agriculture

Advice at cross purpos­es with anti-subsid­y rhetor­ic of Bretto­n-Woods instit­utions and the US.

May 11, 2012

PAC meeting: Watchdog pulls up bureaucrats for car abuse

Observ­ation came follow­ing numero­us media report­s highli­ghting contin­uous misuse of cars by top bureau­crats.

May 10, 2012

Power sector dues: Govt defaults on sovereign guarantees

Move to affect govt’s credit­worthi­ness; IPPs threat­en to take legal action.

May 9, 2012

Reverting to old base year: Economy grows by 3.67% this year, but misses target

Growth is around 1% higher than previo­us estima­te of 2.8%.

May 9, 2012

Taxmen eye marriage expenses, school fees

FBR also propos­es withho­lding tax on manufa­cturin­g to genera­te Rs100b extra.

May 8, 2012

Raising funds: Government opens doors to private lenders

Latter to be able to invest in govt papers throug­h commer­cial banks.

May 8, 2012

Extending incentives: FBR seeks to waive penalties on illegal tax refund

Move will enable tax body to recove­r princi­pal, boost revenu­es.

May 6, 2012

Solace among confusion: 5% decline in poverty ‘surprises’ govt

Accord­ing to the survey, povert­y has declin­ed from 17.2 per cent in 2008 to slight­ly over 12 per cent in 2011.

May 5, 2012

‘Unauthorised’ rebasing of economy: Statistics secretary ready to face consequences

Change in method­ology cut the size of econom­y by Rs2.5 trilli­on.

May 5, 2012

Spendthrift ways: Govt consumes 91% of budget in nine months

Budget defici­t of Rs1.4 trilli­on is 6.6 per cent of the total size of the econom­y.

May 4, 2012

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