Restrictions on imports, shortage of raw material and steep currency devaluation rendering business unviable

Govt approves sovereign guarantee for Rs50b borrowing by public gas utility

PM desires to give Rs150b petrol package to motorcyclists

Fourteen cabinet members still using luxury vehicles by flouting cabinet’s orders

Misses World Bank target to increase revenues to 17% of the economy’s size

Mostly delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles, weak implementation

WB urges Pakistan to withdraw Rs340 billion annual subsidies to the rich

SBP gov says CAD will close at $7b this year – $1.2b less than IMF forecast

High-profile body against putting more burden on sectors already heavily taxed

ECC okays transfer of Rs12b reserved for development of climate change, energy and road schemes