NA passes budget to secure crucial IMF funding
June 25, 2023
7:56 pm
The revised budget aims for an additional Rs215 billion in tax revenue alongside a cutback of Rs85 billion in public spending for the upcoming fiscal year.
The revised budget aims for an additional Rs215 billion in tax revenue alongside a cutback of Rs85 billion in public spending for the upcoming fiscal year.
According to hospital experts, the ad hoc system at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has been blamed for the deaths of at least four patients in the hospital’s emergency department over the previous two days owing to suffocating heat
A police officer was killed and a female constable was injured in a suicide bombing in Balochistan’s Turbat district, according to a senior official.
After President Arif Alvi travelled for Saudi Arabia to perform the religious obligation of Hajj, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani took over as acting president on Sunday.
In a last-ditch effort to secure essential funds, the administration has made various revisions to the budget for the coming fiscal year, including fiscal tightening measures mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Foreign Minister, testified on Friday that he had never seen anyone work as hard as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari emphasised on Friday the need of the country staying out of the politics of world powers and instead focusing on resolving its own economic challenges in order to achieve its international ambitions.
As an apex court bench resumed hearing petitions against the trial of civilians in military courts in connection with their involvement in the May 9 violence, Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan informed the Supreme Court on Friday that 102 people were in the army’s custody, none of whom were juveniles or women.
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, inflation in Pakistan remained high at 34.05% on an annual basis.
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will travel to Japan on July 2-3 at the request of Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, according to FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.
According to ARY News, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would fly from France to London on Friday (today) to meet PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has declared June 28 as a public holiday to commemorate the Day of Arafah.
