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Budget 2023-24: the IMF factor – Part II

Pakistan is rather lucky to have the support of friendly countries that have extended financial assistance to the country. Besides Saudi Arabia and the UAE, China has also allowed the…

Budget 2023-24: the IMF factor (Part – I)

In the backdrop of extraordinary uncertainties — both at home and abroad — Pakistan revealed its budget for FY2023-24 on June 9. Many experts see it as a sloppily crafted…

Budget 2023-24: an astonishing read

Pakistan is currently facing the most challenging conditions in history, with a severe economic crisis compounded by political uncertainty. The economy is facing stagflation as it is expected to shrink…

What’s in Budget 2023-24?

The editorial published in this paper yesterday (‘Budget 2023-24: nobody’s budget’, June 9) correctly pointed out that the finance minister’s attempt to please everyone while preparing the federal budget for…

Budget strategy for FY2023-24

The budget for 2023-24 will be presented by the federal government in the Parliament in the next few days. There has been a lot of speculation about the budget strategy…

Budget-2023-24: Yet another ritualistic exercise

Majority of the Pakistanis are going to be dejected after hearing the second budget of the outgoing alliance government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), to be presented by the four-time…

Budget FY24: a wakeup call

The economic challenges Pakistan faces are both acute and deep as we prepare the budget for fiscal year (FY) 24. The economy faces stagflation with increasing price pressures and stagnating…

Let next elected govt present budget

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, unconditionally backed by Nawaz Sharif, the party supremo, as well as by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (a man known to repeatedly defer to his brother’s decisions…

Budget, taxes, revival & growth

Fiscal consolidation should be as growth-friendly as possible. In general, tax base-broadening reforms are identified as growth-oriented reforms. To the extent that they reduce distortions to economic decisions on work,…

A mission-oriented Budget

Never before in 75-year history of the country has Annual Budget been so important. Now that Pakistan has struggled to restart the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme even though it…