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Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday expressed his aim to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 13 per cent in the next three years, from the…

There is a possibility of a reduction in the prices of petroleum products before the implementation of the budget. Sources claimed from June 16, the…

Pakistan Stock Exchange experienced a strong bullish trend following the budget announcement. On the first day post-budget, the market welcomed the new financial measures with…

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is currently presenting his first federal budget in the National Assembly. Opposition lawmakers, who were absent in the previous few budgets,…

Gold prices increased in Pakistan on Wednesday in line with an increase in the international rate. In the local market, gold price per tola stood…

Pakistan’s economy failed to meet most of its targets set in the previous budget due to challenging conditions, but the agriculture sector achieved unprecedented growth,…

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on Monday $1 billion in a second round of additional financing for the DASU Hydropower Stage I…

The National Economic Council has approved in principle the thirteenth Five-year Development Plan. The Council’s meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was held in…

The State Bank of Pakistan Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday reduced the policy rate by 150 bps to 20.5 percent, effective from June 11,…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has demanded more tax collection from provinces and imposition of the agriculture tax. According to sources, the IMF has urged…