Ministers demand increase in salaries, PM rejects.

Govt scraps Rs103b tax exemptions to broaden revenue base.

FBR ability to achieve Rs2.810tr tax target will determine how much the provinces will receive.

Major incentives for industries, some relief for the common man.

Allocation will depend on FBR’s ability to meet Rs2.810tr tax target

First in-depth study reveals actual cost of tax concessions given to industrialists.

Dar, however, pledges to increase growth rate by 1% every year taking it to 7% by 2017.

Losses sustained by the country due to the war on terrorism in the outgoing fiscal year stood at $6.7 billion losses

Country sustains a loss of Rs477 billion in the outgoing fiscal year on account of tax exemptions to industrialists

Focus of government remains glued to traditional measures.