Special committee comprising secretary finance, secretary petroleum, FBR chief constituted to calculate fiscal impacts

Expenses on disaster mitigation, roads and bridge construction also decrease.

Secretary says situation has improved on account of better bill recovery, fails to provide firm figures.

Dar appeals international community to help with rehabilitation

Information will be used for tax purposes, will not help bring back hidden wealth.

Government estimates huge losses, bureaucratic activity at a standstill.

SBP data shows debt comes down from Rs5.2t last fiscal year.

Latest data shows the government has managed to increase the maturity period of its total debt

Suggest deliberate attempt to understate budget deficit for 2013-14

Loan to facilitate import of 400mmcfd of gas, help ETPL meet financial requirements.