Petroleum Levy target: A Rs215 billion cut The IMF Article IV Report detailing the contours of Pakistan’s latest Extended Financing Facility (EFF) is finally... Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:33am
BR Research Petroleum levy target: a Rs215 billion cut The IMF Article IV Report detailing the contours of Pakistan’s latest Extended Financing Facility (EFF) is finally... Published 15 Oct, 2024 09:12am
Print Ahsan fears Rs200bn-400bn cut in PSDP outlay Says hands are tied as IMF is not ready to give any relaxation in its conditions Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:50pm
Business & Finance Economic Update & Outlook: July statement characterised by absence of key info ISLAMABAD: The July 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a regular monthly publication by the Finance Division, is... Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am
BR Research Cement still in check Costly construction and declining consumer buying power, together with cuts in public sector spending has dampened... Published 07 Jul, 2023 09:27am
BR Research PSDP in 9MFY23 Three-quarters of the fiscal in, the federal development spending remained at less than half of the budget,... Published 15 May, 2023 08:40am
BR Research Falling PSDP As the fiscal space gets tighter amid ballooning debt servicing costs, so goes down the development spending, ... Published 10 Apr, 2023 08:58am
Print Release / disbursement: Rs399.68bn funds authorised for PSDP ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has authorised the release/disbursement of... Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:58am
BR Research On provincial development spending While the sharp 44 percent year-on-year decline in 1HFY23 federal development spending under the Public Sector... Published 15 Feb, 2023 09:36am
BR Research PSDP in 1HFY23 The Ministry of Finance’s fiscal scorecard released last week confirmed what many observers have been pointing out... Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:27am
BR Research PSDP: the slide continues The decline in the federal government’s Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) has been more severe than... Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:56am
BR Research On PSDP spending Amid growing budget deficit in an uncertain macroeconomic environment, development spending has again become the... Published 14 Dec, 2022 09:02am
BR Research PSDP’s big drop The first quarter’s development spending in FY23 was widely expected to remain off the mark, considering that the... Published 10 Nov, 2022 08:05am
BR Research Wither PSDP? Amid tight fiscal space and political instability in the country, the prospects for higher spending under the ... Published 16 Sep, 2022 08:29am
Business & Finance Uplift, recurrent budget: MoF changes fund release strategy ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has altered strategy for release of funds for development budget/ Public Sector... Published 27 Aug, 2022 05:49am
BR Research Development budget: middle ground? Caught between the need for fiscal austerity and the demands of an election-cycle fast approaching, the PML-N-led... Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:07am
BR Research Higher PSDP spending: a long shot? The Shehbaz government is reportedly allocating Rs800 billion for the federal Public Sector Development Program... Published 08 Jun, 2022 10:33am
BR Research Wither development? With the economy in a tailspin amidst fiscal squeeze, arguments for higher development spending to rev up the... Published 18 May, 2022 08:26am
BR Research Fate of development spending Now that the godfather of development is in charge, how will the federal government’s flagship Public Sector... Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:24am
BR Research Development spending in the dock? Is development spending about to get caught up in the political storm? Already, there are reports that the PM’s... Published 15 Mar, 2022 08:07am
BR Research On PSDP cut The earlier indications of potentially-record PSDP spending taking place this fiscal now stand dissipated. For ... Published 07 Dec, 2021 07:54am
BR Research PSDP: not so fast? Latest numbers have somewhat chastened earlier fiscal signals of turbo-charged development spending this fiscal.... Published 11 Nov, 2021 07:20am
BR Research PSDP in high gear When the federal government allocated Rs900 billion under FY22 Public Sector Development Program (PSDP), folks were... Published 09 Sep, 2021 08:28am
Pakistan KP CM directs completion of formalities for PSDP projects PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Sunday directed the authorities concerned to take steps for timely... Published 12 Jul, 2021 05:26am
BR Research High hopes for PSDP One of the highlights of the FY22 federal budget is the massive hike in the federal Public Sector Development ... Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:30am
Pakistan Sherry says all economic sectors on 'ventilator' ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) parliamentary leader and former leader of opposition in the Senate, Sherry... Published 30 May, 2021 03:51am
BR Research Development spending Contrary to the federal government’s hopes of priming the economic pump in FY21 through increased development... Published 20 May, 2021 07:25am
BR Research On PSDP spending As per latest data from the Planning Commission, the spending authorizations under the FY21 Public Sector ... Published 11 Mar, 2021 07:25am
Business & Finance Tesla rival Lucid Motors to go public in $11.8bn blank-check merger The deal with CCIV includes a private investment of $2.5 billion from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, funds managed by BlackRock and others. Published 23 Feb, 2021 12:14pm
BR Research Development spending scorecard While the government has been pointing out higher development spending this fiscal, the situation is more nuanced... Published 09 Feb, 2021 07:30am