Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar will be brief parliament on the budgetory proposals

Significant amount will now be recovered under a deal with the IMF

Finance adviser makes pitch for toughest ever budget

China Development Bank provides $2.23b worth of commercial loans

Targets four million income tax filers in two years

PM’s task force recommends putting privatisation policy on hold

Exporters and local suppliers divided over issue of withdrawal of tax concessions

Could also increase tax on interest income to 30%

Revenue collector found that hardly 10% of over 50m bank account holders were tax filers

IMF conditions responsible for high cost of retiring foreign loan