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Tax revenue target for 2025-26

The process of preparation of the federal and provincial budgets is underway now and the respective budgets will be announced in the earlier part of June 2025. One of the…

Ramazan and revenue

Ramazan, a month of profound spiritual reflection and devotion, also emerges as a period of significant economic activity in Pakistan. For Muslims worldwide, Ramazan offers a chance to strengthen their…

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…

Climate revenue & investments

PAKISTAN’S economic and climate turnaround hinges on the active participation of the private sector. A web of robust partnerships with it can be leveraged to attract both domestic and international…

Digitization key to revenue growth

Pakistan has been facing the perpetual challenge of expanding its tax base without any tangible results, a situation that is quite ironic given its need for broader revenue sources to…

FBR revenue targets for 2024-25

The first two months of 2024-25 have already revealed serious problems with the overall and individual revenue targets for FBR taxes. Identification of the problems starts with the wrong estimates…

Revenue at the expense of growth

There is a perception among people that the IMF guidelines provided for the preparation of the FY25 budget are more prone to enhancing revenues through heavy taxation than to GDP…