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IMF and provincial governments

Three provincial chief ministers from three competing political parties – Punjab (PML-N), Sindh (PPP) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PTI) — are vying with each other to deliver more to their people…

Provincial budgets of 2025-26

There is generally a greater focus on the prospects for and likely features of the federal budget in the days before its presentation. This is increased by the lobbying, against…

Provincial revenue mobilisation

The previous article had focused on the overall fiscal performance of Provincial governments in the first six months of 2024-25. The objective of this article is to look more closely…

Fiscal performance of provincial govts

The information on fiscal operations by the four provincial governments in the first half of 2024-25 has been released by the Federal Ministry of Finance. An analysis of the fiscal…

Local governments

SPEAKING to the First Constituent Assembly in 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah outlined several duties for the government of Pakistan: maintain law and order, root out corruption, act against black…

Thoughts on the provincial budgets

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget was announced on 25 May, two and a half weeks before the federal budget was announced on 12 June, the Punjab budget was announced a day…

Provincial budgets for FY2024-25

The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies. However, they have not received much attention in the media because of the exclusive…

Provincial economic policy

As the new provincial governments are finding their feet in a rather very difficult economic environment, it is important to fix the problems at the root. This means setting aside…