Rises 7.2% due to increase in prices of utilities, medicines, expansionary fiscal policy

Revision had been due since July 2017; govt likely to get additional Rs5b revenue

Money to provide Islamabad breathing space till desired macroeconomic stabilisation

Shehbaz retracts on FIA probe after ex-PM's opposition

Net increase in revenue receipts is just Rs69b compared to last year

In last fiscal year, external debt increased at a more rapid pace than foreign exchange earnings

PM Imran launches three-year, five-year Pakistan Banao Certificates

Central bank raises rate by 25bps to 10.25%, cuts economic growth forecast to 4%

Also raises objection to the lax fiscal controls exercised by the Finance Ministry

Committee terms proposal to exempt PSL franchises of tax a move to favour Tareen’s son