CPEC Phase-II: How Budget 2026-27 Supports Chinese Investment
By Fizza Qaisar The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is entering a phase that looks almost nothing like the one Pakistanis have grown used to over the past decade. Gone, for now,…
‘Period tax’ on sanitary products to be abolished, says Pakistan minister
Campaigners welcome announcement cutting levies on menstrual health items, but say their work to end period poverty is ‘far from over’ Pakistan plans to abolish “period tax”, in a victory…
Pakistani business leaders say budget tax relief can spur growth to 4 percent, boost exports
A vendor selling clothes waits for customers at his store in a market in Lahore on June 12, 2026. (AFP/ file) Pakistani business leaders and investors said on Saturday that…
Post-Budget Press Briefing: Govt Shifts Gears from Stabilisation to Export-Led Growth
A day after unveiling the Rs18.8 trillion federal budget for FY2026-27, the government’s economic team gathered in Islamabad to defend what it called a “people-friendly and growth-oriented” financial plan aimed…
Pakistan: Tax on export proceeds to go down to 1.25pc
The government has proposed to reduce tax collection on export proceeds (one percent withholding tax and one percent advance tax) from 2 percent to 1.25 percent in order to encourage…
4pc growth target set for FY2026–27 as macroeconomic framework sent to economic council for approval
Having missed the growth target by half a percentage point, recording growth of 3.7pc this year, the government has set an economic growth target of 4pc and inflation at 8.2pc…