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Development programmes: A fourth of govt spending hinges on foreign support
A quarter of public sector financing will come from foreign lenders.
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Unlawful measure?: Retired general wins extension on civilian office
Major General Mohammad Arif Raja to keep his current post despite doffing the uniform.
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Taxpayers’ money: Illegal car allowance turns up in AGP pay slip
Top auditor is illegally getting 20% special pay or Rs17,140 per month in addition to his normal salary.
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Revenue-expenditures gap: Widening budget deficit poses challenges for new govt
Government’s overspending surpasses 5.6% of national output.
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Post-election policy shift: FBR seeks to revive excise duty regime
Wants to halt the process of phasing out excise duties, impose it on two dozen goods and services.
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Spendthrift rulers: Ministry of Finance finds itself ‘short’ of Rs83.3 billion
Discrepancies highlight major flaws in reporting of federal expenditures .
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Interim govt moves to scrap economic growth framework
Decision purportedly rooted in feud between former Planning Commission deputy chairman and finance adviser’s brother.
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Government extends chief taxman’s contract
FBR chairman Javed to hold office till end of June.
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Right man for the job?: Senator Ishaq Dar tipped to be next finance minister
Has served two stints in the past, one more as commerce minister.
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Credibility crisis?: PPP govt fails miserably in securing enough foreign funding
Less than half of budgeted estimates of foreign loans and assistance actually realised.