Russia’s federal budget collected less revenue in 2025 than originally planned for the first time since the pandemic, a shortfall...
The United States government’s gross debt has crossed the $50 trillion threshold, reaching 120% of GDP, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s Long‑Term Budget Outlook released...
Islamabad’s revenue machine is grinding, and the gears are stripping. The Finance Bill 2026 arrived with a headline FBR target near Rs15.3 trillion for the new...
For years, registering a commercial vessel under the national flag was an act of financial self-sabotage. Shipowners faced an immediate, punishing math problem: the moment a...
Islamabad’s fiscal arithmetic for 2026-27 tells two stories at once. One is a government insisting the worst of the inflation crisis has passed, with growth ticking...
ISLAMABAD — Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is set to present Pakistan’s federal budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 in the National Assembly today (Friday), facing a...
In the corridors of Islamabad’s Q Block, the mood is less about statecraft and more about pure financial survival. As the government finalises the federal budget...
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb heads to the National Assembly podium in early June carrying a budget that must simultaneously satisfy the IMF, comfort a salaried class...
Traders in Islamabad did something rare on Friday. They said yes. On May 23, Kashif Chaudhry and a dozen bazaar leaders stood at the National Press...
The Ground Beneath the Diplomacy Pakistan’s economic story over the past two years has been one of stabilisation against the odds. A country that entered 2024...