In a bid to offset the burden shouldered by power consumers due to the line losses of distribution companies (Discos), the government has decided to introduce a ‘budgeted’ subsidy to the tune of Rs151 billion to provide relief to customers across the country, except Karachi. For the port city, however, a Rs315bn package has been prepared that is aimed at making tariffs uniform by providing K-El
Despite the government’s claims of tight fiscal discipline, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has asked the parliament to give post-facto approval of record Rs2.415 trillion supplementary grants for expenditure overruns and re-appropriation. Budget documents suggest that the parliament would be required to approve about 25pc higher supplementary grants later this month when compared to Rs1.95tr it reg
The net impact of the 2023-24 budget is expected to range between neutral and negative for most listed companies, even though a few sectors like technology, real estate and pharmaceutical may find some cause for celebration. Speaking to Dawn, Ismail Iqbal Securities Head of Equity Research Fahad Rauf said the budget contains few significant events for the stock market based on the information a
The Rs4.5 trillion federal budget did little to ease the backbreaking economic pressures on middle-class families in Pakistan. People are still struggling to digest the meteoric rise in a short span of time and the fast fall of the PTI that captured the imaginations of many as a glimmer of hope for the future. This was at the top of the crippling economic distress that stagflation mounted on av
Pakistan’s targeted GDP growth of 3.5 per cent for the next fiscal year isn’t too low to create some jobs. And meeting this target over a skinny base of 0.3pc growth during this year is also not at all difficult. The budget FY24 presents some proposals which, if approved and implemented honestly and efficiently throughout the next fiscal year, can create jobs in some sub-sectors of industries a