Will take cabinet’s nod for unlimited extension in drive to tap global capital markets

Move will help collect Rs292 billion from consumers, reduce circular debt

Disparity allowance for underprivileged employees to take effect from March 1

ECC approves Rs8.2b MPs’ recommended projects

Deficit rises due to higher expenditures as revenue remains better than estimates

Finance minister directs taxmen to ramp up efforts to achieve revised revenue target

Provinces unwilling to apply FBR’s property valuation rates, uniform sales tax

FBR makes move through simple instructions bypassing constitutional framework

The amount of $18.4 billion is equal to 20% of the external public debt reported by the IMF in its report

Tax authorities illegally paid over Rs16b in refunds to big retailers in past 5 months