In the shadow of the recent India-Pakistan military clashes, defense spending has been increased by 20 percent since last ...

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday said the Finance Bill 2025 was still being discussed in the National Assembly ...

Pakistan unveiled its FY26 federal budget, reducing spending by 7% to $62 billion. The nation targets 3.6% growth. Fiscal deficit aims for 3.9% of GDP. Capital expenditure is set at Pakistan Rs 17.57 ...

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced Pakistan’s federal budget 2025-26 “for a competitive economy” on Tuesday, ...

Islamabad allocates PKR 2.55 trillion (approx Rs 76,500 crore) to defence in FY26 amid IMF pressures, declining growth and ...

Pakistan allocated 2.1 trillion Pakistani rupees ($7.45 billion) for defence in the outgoing fiscal year, including $2 billion for equipment and other assets. An additional 563 billion Pakistani ...

Pakistan unveils a Rs17,600 billion budget for FY2025, targeting Rs14,130 billion in FBR tax collection. Relief announced for low-grade government employees, while new taxes on freelancers, digital ...

The government has kept the minimum wage in Pakistan unchanged for FY2025-26, despite calls from PPP to raise it to Rs50,000.

The Ministry of Planning revealed that only 54% of Pakistan’s federal development budget was spent in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024–25. This figure raises serious concerns about ...

Pakistan's central bank, in a bid to encourage growth, cut its policy rate by more than 1,000 basis points in the current fiscal year. Its latest cut last month brought the key rate to 11%, resuming ...

With public debt touching a historic PKR 76 trillion, Pakistan has also cut its FY25 growth forecast to 2.7% from an earlier estimate of 3.6%, official data show shows.