Budget allocations should be read as reflections of the true priority accorded to sectors and programmes. Insufficient budgetary allocations to programmes incur delays, cost overruns and poor /delayed social impact.…
The Setting: The idea of writing this piece is to debate the possibilities of strengthening Pakistan’s budgeting process. This debate helps us create policy space, which appears highly constrained. Today,…
At a time when Pakistan is going through some of the worst economic challenges in its chequered history, the federal government has come up with a budget that speaks volumes…
The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir presented a budget of Rs163.7 billion for the next fiscal year in the legislative assembly a few days ago. During the last few…
The information on fiscal operations in 2021-22 has just been released by the Ministry of Finance. These figures are based on information from the AGPR (Accountant General of Pakistan Revenue),…
Pakistani administrations have become adept at presenting an annual budget to parliament with the required detailed documents (with respect to both projected expenditure and revenue), printed at considerable cost to…
For the first time in Pakistan’s chequered history additional revenue measures were annexed to the budget by a sitting government though the budget announced on 10 June has not yet…
The federal budget of 2022-23 has been presented in a difficult and uncertain economic and political environment in the country. Foreign exchange reserves are at a very low level of…
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think but the will to act” – Plato The coalition government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM),…
‘…which is outcomes-based budgeting. First ask ourselves what needs to be done. What does it mean to tackle climate change with the same level of seriousness that we tackle wars.…
