Sitting and former parliamentarians, spouses to get additional benefits

Decision taken on basis of special audit report on causes of decline in tax collection from the tobacco sector

Plan seems unrealistic as it will require massive governance and taxation reforms

Ignores calls for fixing responsibility for mismanagement, corruption

Surpasses annual target in just nine months, sparks questions over promise of fiscal discipline

Moody's says Pakistan’s susceptibility to event risk also ‘high’, driven by domestic and geopolitical risk

Beijing will continue concessional lending, says Ahsan Iqbal

Project aimed at bolstering trade between both countries and creating job opportunities in war-torn areas

Tally increases cumulative borrowing during PML-N govt to over $44b

Move could push up gas tariff