Report projects 15% inflation rate for next FY

Minister scheduled to hold talks with IMF, WB bosses

Sum is insufficient to clear backlog which has already reached Rs487b

Hints at initiating reward programme for high-performing bureaucrats by making a 100% raise in salaries

Allows borrowing of Rs275b for procurement; no target set for Punjab

Funding will help pay liabilities of government, clear backlog

Pakistan falls below Haiti, experts warn of catastrophe amid rising debt

Govt’s PIDE proposes alternative strategies to tackle economic challenges

Banks see sluggish growth rate of 1.8% coupled with soaring inflation at 26%

May 3 deadline for submission of Statements of Qualification by investors