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Pakistan Budget 2011-2012

Within the first week of June the Finance Minister will announce your budget for the following year 2011-2012 . Your budget is definitely an annual drama filled with seem and fury symbols of nothing . Within the mid 80s , Dr. Mahboob ul Haq...

Budget Analysis: The pro-poor budget!

The government has announced its third budget 2010-11 with an income and expenditure gap of Rs 684.9 billion, which is 4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). However, the Finance Ministry said that the overall fiscal deficit is expected...

Bringing agri sector into tax net inevitable: Tareen

Former Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen has declared that without bringing agriculture sector into the tax net revenue resources cannot be increased and the government should levy tax on agriculture without further delay. Addressing a gathering...

Increase in education budget to 5% of GDP urged

The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has written a policy letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, demanding his advice to the federal government for increasing the total education budget allocation to 5 per cent of the total...

Education for all : Budget 2010-11

Education for all May 31: With the budget for 2010-11 now just around the corner, the question of educational spending has come up again. At a pre-budget seminar, a demand has been made that the allocation for this vital sector be raised to...

Analysing budget 2009-10

The government has presented its second budget in the backdrop of a difficult economic situation. Like the previous fiscal, fiscal year 2008-09 has also been a challenging year. The government was faced with unsustainable fiscal and current-account...

Pakistan Budget 2009-10

The present government will be presenting its second budget on June 13. Before one analyses the expected policy stance for the 2009-10 fiscal year, it is essential to review the current policy stance pursued by the government. Pakistan’s...