Budget 17-18

Lower house adopts amendments proposed by members

Rs45.2bn tax and non-tax revenue target amounts to just 7.4% of total outlay

The construction industry continues to grow on the back of increased infrastructure activitie

Ramazan has little effect on overall Consumer Price Index

PML-N’s fifth is not what it states to have achieved, but what it has not been able to achieve

Amount does not include Rs180 billion allocated for pensions of military personnel

New taxes imposed in five years add up to Rs1.3 trillion

Inadequate measures to control emerging threats to external sector; no reforms to improve governance of public sector

Despite worrying macroeconomic indicators, Dar says Pakistan will not need another IMF bailout till 2019

The surge includes outgoing fiscal year’s losses estimated at $3.9b