Budget 2019-20: challenges ahead
The PTI government has announced its first annual budget under the umbrella of its own vision of socio-economic policies for public welfare and the parameters set by the IMF. Balancing…
Budget box of goodies
The ides of June are upon us, and Caesar is surely in trouble. Belonging to the small segment of honest Pakistanis, very small actually, who have always disclosed their true…
Budget in review
An ideal situation for the managers of Pakistan’s economy would be non-reliance on borrowed money. However for developing economies like Pakistan – beset with a host of economic aberrations –…
A budget for stabilisation
After giving two mini-budgets since last August, the PTI government finally got a chance to present its full budget to the National Assembly on Tuesday. Surprisingly, the opposition’s conduct was…
Higher education budget cuts
AUSTERITY is upon us. With the IMF programme imminent, the cuts are going to get deeper. Barring debt servicing and defence, all government expenditure is going to take a hit.…
Higher education budget cuts
AUSTERITY is upon us. With the IMF programme imminent, the cuts are going to get deeper. Barring debt servicing and defence, all government expenditure is going to take a hit.…
The roots of our budget crises
The root cause of the perennial crisis of public finance in Pakistan is as easy to understand as it is difficult to correct. The crisis does not arise, as many…
Federal Budget 2018-19 (Revised): An appraisal
The revised Federal Budget for 2018-19 has raised a number of concerns ranging from the failure of the Government to use this occasion to share its vision for the economy,…
Runaway budget deficit
The information on Fiscal Operations by the Federal and Provincial Governments for the first nine months of 2017-18 has been released recently by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The bottom…
Last year’s budget
As I have grown older, and hopefully wiser, my fascination for the common Pakistani's passionate preoccupation and curiosity with the annual budget exercise has grown exponentially. Predominantly because, over time…
