Public debt stands at Rs71.2trn, Aurangzeb tells NA ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Friday, revealed in the National Assembly... Updated 31 Aug, 2024 03:34pm
Pakistan PM says AI ‘is the future’ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the provinces are getting 60 percent shares from the... Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:41am
Opinion Medium-term budget strategy The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the Medium-Term Budget Strategy Statement for the period, 2024-25 to... Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am
Opinion Provincial budgets for FY2024-25 The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies.... Published 23 Jul, 2024 06:58am
Print KP to earn receipts of Rs90bn from oil and gas sectors PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will earn revenue amounting to Rs.89.8 billion in the... Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:05am
Opinion Provincial surplus and the federal budget To formulate federal and provincial budgets necessitates engagement between the federal government and its ... Updated 01 Jul, 2024 07:38am
Pakistan Centre has not given Rs590bn to KP, says advisor to CM Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif says the remaining funds could be provided to the provincial government under the National Finance Commission Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am
Print KP to receive Rs1212bn in the head of federal transfers PESHAWAR: The KP government will receive an estimated amount of Rs 1212 billion in head of federal transfers from... Updated 24 Jun, 2024 09:17am
Editorials The Sindh budget EDITORIAL: So, just like Punjab’s, Sindh’s Rs3.056 trillion budget also leverages rising transfers from the... Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am
Pakistan Funds demanded for merged tribal districts ISLAMABAD: A coalition of six opposition political parties under the banner of Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin-e-Pakistan ... Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:47am
Print Govt slashes PSDP by Rs204bn ISLAMABAD: The government has slashed the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the ongoing fiscal year by... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 07:26pm
Print Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces Government left with only 42.5 percent from divisible pool with interest payments and circular energy debt no longer sustainable Updated 25 May, 2024 08:29pm
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The King is alive and will remain alive and… “So now what?” “Now no amendment to the constitution is possible as the court has suspended the distribution of... Updated 18 May, 2024 06:16am
Print PM asks Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit for provinces ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:26am
Print 9MFY24 collection: Provinces given 53pc of total revenue under NFC Award ISLAMABAD: The provinces were transferred 53 percent of the total tax revenue collected during the first nine months... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:31am
Editorials SIFC, NAB and the civil service EDITORIAL: It’s no small endorsement of the SIFC’s (Special Investment Facilitation Council’s) credibility that its... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
Opinion Ending hopium—II SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) and the last Caretaker Government had taken the elephant steps on... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
Editorials Tackling the population crisis EDITORIAL: Recent weeks have seen increasing clamour among our policymakers for measures aimed at improving... Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am
Print PTI says economic situation does warrant IMF programme ISLAMABAD: Terming the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as “highly critical” as it involves all the... Updated 26 Mar, 2024 09:43am
Editorials An amendment in the works? EDITORIAL: The declared election outcome notwithstanding recounting of votes since, appears to be veering towards a... Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am
Opinion Re-aligning NFC: coalition govt faces a challenge from within Reportedly, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has requested resumption of dialogue on the National Finance... Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am
Print Provinces’ share in NFC award can’t be decreased: Sindh CM KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that provinces’ share in the next NFC award can only be... Updated 17 Mar, 2024 08:10pm
Print Six months: Centre transfers Rs2,435.349bn to provinces ISLAMABAD: The federal government has transferred Rs2,435.349 billion to the provinces during the first six months... Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:14am
Opinion Pakistan’s economy – way forward for 2024-25 Further to my article in Business Recorder in February 2023 titled “Redefining Pakistan’s Economy” that entailed a... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Opinion Non-disclosures & underperformance Ever year Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as Revenue Division of Ministry of Finance (MoF), issues data relating to... Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am
Print Q1: Provinces’ budget surplus dips 76pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The provinces have generated a budget surplus of Rs51.403 billion in the first quarter of the ongoing... Updated 09 Dec, 2023 04:34pm
Editorials Spotlight on 18th Amendment, NFC award EDITORIAL: Suddenly, the debate about fiddling with the 18th Amendment and NFC award formula is all the rage once... Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am
Print Agri dues: MoF may deduct Rs45.6bn from Balochistan’s NFC share ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry is likely to deduct Rs 45.6 billion from Balochistan’s NFC (National Finance Commission)... Updated 18 Nov, 2023 09:05am
Editorials Consolidated fiscal operations EDITORIAL: The Finance Ministry uploaded a summary of the consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations for... Published 27 Oct, 2023 05:16am
Editorials Equal sharing with provinces EDITORIAL: According to a Business Recorder exclusive, the caretaker federal government has directed all relevant... Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am
Capacity-based model transition to take-and-pay model: 24 conditions proposed to strike new deals between govt, IPPs