budget 2012

ANP, MQM suggest imposition of agriculture tax.

Opposition members encircled Gilani and Speaker National Assembly and chanted slogans during the assembly session.

Despite failing to address key issues, fixes for ailing departments, SCCI President says budget is balanced.

Government has failed to outline a strategy to resolve problems: PTEA.

Daily average value of shares traded increases 6% to $58 million.

13% of development budget set aside for water programmes.

Businessmen say government had not provided any substantial solution to the power crises.

Shaikh seems to have understood that political power will never be deployed to implement economic reform.

Pakistan says US owes $1.2 billion in funds. US says it has approved $8.8 billion in CSF payments.

To spend bulk of resources on defence, debt serving is close to calamitous, shame that no effort made to change this.