Federal Budget

Expenses fuelled by interest costs, other spending

Bloated outlay of Rs14.5tr contains Rs7.6tr deficit; Dar terms bill fiscally responsible; rules out new IMF programme

With great fanfare the federal budget this year announced a bottom-up approach to social and economic well-being

All set for approval of finance bill in lower house of parliament today

One thing that stands out this year is that all four provinces have seemed to hop on the growth bandwagon

Seeks to impose taxes on ‘suspicious’ gifts transactions among relatives that increased to Rs170b last year

"Government engaged people in budget-making process for the next financial year"

The PTI government had a bumpy start on the economic front

The budget was based on a lie, and did not have anything new. The indirect taxes will burden the poor, Abbasi said

Says all promises fulfilled as budget offers maximum relief for low-income sector