Budget 2025 26
Lawmakers voice concern over "inadequate" allocations for health, education.
Published 17 Jun, 2025 06:37pm
At least 39 departments "exceed" their allocations for FY25; three dozen divisions "save" around Rs2tr.
Published 17 Jun, 2025 08:40am
Experts have warned that these high temperatures are only going to grow with each passing year.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 09:57am
The professional tax on doctors has reduced while the tax on private hospitals and clinics has increased.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 11:34am
Insists successive PTI governments failed to fully utilise uplift funds.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 11:33am
Taking part in budget debate in NA, lawmakers call on government to focus on resolving public grievances.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 11:31am
PTI's Bhachhar claims his party members are ready to spend their salaries on public welfare.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 12:22pm
Opposition members reject "anti-people" budget; treasury lawmakers assail Centre for ignoring Sindh.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 12:37pm
Provincial govt unveils broad initiatives under record Rs1.24tr ADP.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 08:49am
It is worth noting that if a government fails to pass the money bill, it becomes its moral responsibility to resign.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 10:18am
Ali Zafar says budget wages "war on pensioners"; PPP Senator says govt allocated very meagre amount for Sindh.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 12:30pm
Some PPP lawmakers say they won’t vote for budget; Khursheed, Naveed meet Dar on sidelines of session to relay concerns.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 10:32am
At least 39 departments "exceed" their allocations for FY25; three dozen divisions "save" around Rs2tr.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 05:56pm
Health, education get major allocations; govt employees’ salaries up by 10pc; minimum pay raised to Rs40,000.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 11:44am
PM forms committee to reevaluate amendments proposed in Finance Bill; FBR chairman says redundancies will be put into place.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 08:11am
The FY26 budget fails to address critical agricultural concerns.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 03:27pm
The budget presents a paradox: ambitious rhetoric of relief overshadowed by structural constraints.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:38am
The budget presented last week offers little hope for meaningful relief.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 09:16am
FY26 could see more Pakistanis fall below the poverty line.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 09:34am
What happens when you put accountants and commercial bankers in charge of the finance ministry instead of trained economists?
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 01:32pm
Dawn.com collected data to answer some of the more pertinent questions surrounding the budget.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:20am
No sense of urgency on the provincial government’s part to identify or tackle the deep structural flaws.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 01:32pm
The missed tax and GDP goals draw confusion and questions to the FY26 fiscal aspiration of a 3.9pc growth in GDP.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 01:33pm
Military conflict between Iran and Israel is bad news for Pakistan’s growth push.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 01:33pm
KP budget focuses on fiscal consolidation, infrastructure development, and provincial tax income growth.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 01:32pm
Current reduced sales tax rate to continue to apply to HEVs mentioned in Schedule 8 and Serial No 73.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:54am
FBR chairman says online businesses already collect tax from consumers but don’t deposit it with the FBR.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:57am
More than Rs160bn is expected to go to the education sector, over Rs100bn to law and order, and around Rs80bn to health services.
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 09:39am
Funding cuts at the ministry mean less resources for "projectisation" of donor funding available to the country.
Updated 17 Jun, 2025 10:39am
Relief was hardly given to those who deserve it most.
Updated 15 Jun, 2025 09:57am
