Aurangzeb to head to Beijing this week to ease $15b energy debt amid challenges

Taxing basic needs heavily while exempting military and bureaucratic incomes has deepened economic disparities

Spending surges as IMF programme ends raising questions over fiscal discipline

Average increase of Rs56b per day raises concerns over fiscal management

Fails to release information in privatisation decisions for 45 entities

Planning ministry refutes FO’s statement that ECNEC deferred approval of CPEC project

Poor households forced to cough up Rs580b after record 51% rate hike

Govt seeks apology from former chief justice for derailing privatisation process

Trade deficit shrinks to $24 billion, beating IMF projections by $10b

Cabinet limits monetary benefits for bureaucrats to Rs1m annually for board meetings