The budget 2019-2020 is an attempt to augment revenue, encourage productive sectors of economy and widen the social safety nets.Though there are a...
CommentThe economic reforms presented by Finance Minister Asad Umar in the National Assembly on Wednesday, can be described as a package which aims...
Faced with burgeoning budget and current account deficits, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government unveiled a mini-budget in the National Assembly...
The federal budget for the next financial year presented by the government in National Assembly on Friday has all the contours of pre-election...
The Economic Survey released by the government on Thursday, has unfolded a mixed trend of economic gains made during the outgoing financial year and...
The government has been claiming credit for initiating big development projects. This is visibly so but with consequential steep rise in expenditure...
The government has been claiming credit for initiating big development projects. This is visibly so but with consequential steep rise in expenditure...
At last there is a hint of silver lining across the economic horizon. Adviser on finance has said that there will be no new taxes in the next...
With greater focus on financial discipline, the budget for the upcoming financial year is under preparation in a somewhat murky politico-economic...
With greater focus on financial discipline, the budget for the upcoming financial year is under preparation in a somewhat murky politico-economic...
Much to the dismay of people, the prices of oil and its products have been increased quite steeply.Described as the ‘New Year gift’ by some,...
Analysis The newly announced budget for 2017-18, which is a blend of taxation and relief measures, will have wide-ranging impact on the...
Led by a fairly robust growth, Pakistan's economy has been showing signs of recovery but it has a long way to go to attain its inherent potential....
Comment With emphasis on accelerating economic growth, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the 2016-2017 federal budget which carries incentives...
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Budget Analysis
The new budget which will be announced in a few days from now would be seen and discussed from at least five different perspectives. These include...
The broad contours of the budget have started emerging as the deadline for its announcement is drawing closer. However, at this stage nothing can be...
Comment
The well-established dictum puts it quite succinctly: no taxation without representation. This certainly is a basic norm with deep ramifications....
The new budget for the next financial year is around the corner. Without sounding pretentious, let this be said that the government would be, as...
Comment
Socio-economic development at the grassroots level is unthinkable without the basic institution of local bodies fully in place and functioning. In...
For almost a decade, the governments, one after the other, have been slipping in the financial sense on unusually high international oil prices and...