• Rs12.64tr allocated for repayment of domestic debt in charged expenditure
• Rs4bn earmarked for NDMA, Rs33.96bn for defence services
• Rs456bn approved for elections, Rs2.25bn for FCC
• Post Office gets Rs4.12bn to cover excess spending from 2016-17

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday approved supplementary grants amounting to Rs18.44 trillion for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2024-25, including a Rs4.12 billion grant to meet excess expenditure incurred by the Pakistan Post Office Department during fiscal year 2016-17, completing the budgetary requirements.

Following the passage of the 2026-27 budget, the session was prorogued. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif later paid tribute to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani, the finance secretary, the FBR chairman and the entire government team for their efforts.

Both treasury and opposition members noted that the government had attempted to provide maximum relief to the people despite limited financial resources.

Earlier, the finance minister presented supplementary grants for fiscal year 2025-26, including charged expenditure amounting to Rs12.64tr.

The grants included Rs12.64tr for repayment of domestic debt, Rs455.98 billion for elections and Rs2.25bn for the Federal Constitutional Court.

The House approved a total of 35 supplementary grant demands for FY26, including Rs4bn for the National Disaster Management Authority, Rs7.5bn for the Commerce Division, Rs4.25bn for the Defence Division, Rs33.96bn for Defence Services, Rs105.5bn for the Power Division, Rs57.19bn for the Federal Education and Professional Training Division, Rs127.41bn for grants, subsidies and miscellaneous expenditure, Rs5bn for the Housing and Works Division and Rs1.47bn for the Information and Broadcasting Division.

The House also approved supplementary allocations of Rs967.5 million for the Cabinet Division, Rs250m for the National Security Division, Rs76.23m for the Special Investment Facilitation Council Division, Rs150m for the Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Division, Rs13.1m for the Petroleum Division, Rs112.11m for other expenditure of the Finance Division and Rs13.83bn for miscellaneous expenditure of the Information and Broadcasting Division.

The finance minister also presented demands for supplementary grants and excess expenditure for FY25.

The charged expenditure amounted to Rs2.64tr, including Rs208m for staff household and allowances of the president, Rs40.34bn for repayment of short-term foreign credits, Rs63m for audit and Rs2.60tr for repayment of domestic debt.

Charged excess expenditure for FY25 amounted to Rs2.08tr, including Rs662.85m for superannuation allowances and pensions, Rs1.54bn for foreign loan repayments, Rs32.81m for repayment of short-term foreign credits, Rs169.32bn for servicing of domestic debt and Rs1.916tr for repayment of domestic debt.

The House approved a total of Rs593.64bn in supplementary grants and excess expenditure for FY25, including Rs19bn for Combined Civil Armed Forces, Rs1.19bn for the Law and Justice Division, Rs15.63bn for development expenditure of the Water Resources Division, Rs483.92m for superannuation allowances and pensions, Rs508.77m for foreign missions and Rs1.28m for the district judiciary of Islamabad Capital Territory.

Other key allocations included Rs5.61bn for the Commerce Division, Rs1.25bn for the Defence Division, Rs1.43bn for federal government educational institutions in cantonments and garrisons, Rs22.84bn for Defence Services, Rs430.10bn for the Power Division, Rs37.89bn for miscellaneous expenditure, Rs1.80bn for the Information and Broadcasting Division, Rs1.78bn for the Interior Division, Rs5.79bn for Combined Civil Armed Forces, Rs3.82bn for National Health Services, Rs5.50bn for development expenditure of Suparco, Rs5.60bn for development expenditure of the Finance Division and Rs22.15bn for capital outlay on civil works.

Excess expenditure during FY25 included Rs19.03bn for Combined Civil Armed Forces, Rs1.19bn for the Law and Justice Division and Rs15.63bn for development expenditure of the Water Resources Division, among other allocations.

The House also approved the FBR (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2026