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Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar unveils federal budget for FY 2023-24
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan's National Assembly (NA) session began with the recitation of the Holy Quran followed by the national anthem. The country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also in attendance.
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Pakistan needs to pass budget agreed with IMF to get loan assistance
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan will have to take two more "prior actions" to secure economic relief package from International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Passing the federal budget as agreed with the monetary organization, as well as, presenting a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
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Pakistan going through 'very difficult' phase, says FM Ismail a day after
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan is going through a "very difficult" phase, said the country's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday, a day after he presented the federal budget 2022-23 in the National Assembly.
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Oppn points to malafide intention after Pak FM gives incentives to his bus
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar on Friday pointed out the malafide intention of the coalition government led by Shehbaz Sharif, saying that Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has given incentives to his busine
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Imran Khan to hold long march after federal budget
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has postponed the second long march regarding anti-inflation and against Shehbaz Sharif's government towards Islamabad and decided to participate in the upcoming by-elections i
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Canada to increase military expenditures by USD 6.4bn in next 5 years
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Toronto [Canada], April 8 (ANI): Canada intends to increase military spending by some USD 6.4 billion (CAD 8 billion) over the next five years, the Department of Finance announced in the Federal Budget.
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Pakistan's income-expense gap widens to Rs 1.8 trillion causing budget def
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan's federal budget deficit in the first half of the current fiscal year shot up to Rs 1.8 trillion, a 29 per cent jump compared to the same period of the previous year, despite a slowdown in development spending and double-digit growth in revenu
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Japan's Defence Ministry seeks record budget amid China's growing assertiv
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 1 (ANI): The Japanese Defense Ministry has requested a record 5.4 trillion yen (over USD 49 billion) for the fiscal year 2022, a move experts believe is aimed at China's growing assertiveness in the region.
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Pak opposition terms Budget 2021-22 'illegal', alleges Imran govt robbed m
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistan opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the passing of the federal budget for the financial year 2021-22 and said that it is "illegal" and has "robbed the members' right to vote in the National Assembly.
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Budget brawl in National Assembly uncovers duplicity of Pak's blasphemy la
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan's National Assembly which witnessed a brawl between the government and opposition parliamentarians last week during the federal budget discussion, has uncovered Pakistan's duplicity over the country's blasphemy laws that carry the death penalty.
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Pak mills stop flour supply in protest against tax hike, move likely to ex
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced that all flour mills of the country have stopped supply of the commodity from Wednesday and will close operation from June 30 in protest against the proposed increase in three taxes related to the fl
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Pakistan: Lawmaker from Imran Khan's party questions own govt's federal bu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Major (Retd.) Tahir Sadiq, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), raised questions on his own government's federal budget, asking how will the ruling party overcome the Rs 3 trillion deficit.
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