Ishaq Dar said that the prices of petrol and diesel will remain unchanged. The decision to keep the petroleum products prices unchanged is taken in view of international rates, according to ARY News.
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday said that Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are underway and the talks have not failed nor the negotiation phase has concluded, reported ARY News.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario here in the national capital. They discussed issues of mutual interests, besides some emerging global challenges.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for releasing an instalment of Rs 1,322 crores to Uttarakhand under the tax transfer process.
The federal budget for Fiscal Year 2023-24, presented by Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday, came as a huge disappointment for homemakers as it offered no respite from surging household expenses, The News International reported.
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.
The minister while unveiling the survey, spoke less about the dismal performance of various sectors of the Pakistani economy and more on the global environment and economic fundamentals the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government had inherited when it came to power in April last year.
Ishaq Dar while talking to a delegation of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) on Saturday, said: "There's no quick fix, and it will take time as we had faced such challenges in 1998 and 2013; but all of those challenges were efficiently tackled in due course of time."
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that the talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan were only possible if the latter "apologise to the nation for the May 9 riots," Pakistan-based ARY News reported
In a statement, Finance Minister, Kailash Gahlot said, "Trade and Taxes department plays an important role in the government. The revenue collections of GST and VAT combined was more than Rs 34,000 Crores in 2022-23 while this year we expect remarkable growth in the collection."