Tag: Budget 2018-19

Punjab Assembly approves finance bill amid Opp boycott

--Elahi says a report on property vandalism by the opposition will be presented --Hamza Shehbaz accuses Elahi of being 'overly loyal' to government  LAHORE: Punjab Assembly on...

Treasury benches hail fiscal plan, opposition members point out loopholes in...

ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly from both sides of the aisle Wednesday continued debate on the Federal Budget 2018-19, with treasury benches hailing the...

Rabbani asks govt to explain ISI’s ‘special assignment’ it is paying...

Senator Raza Rabbani on Thursday demanded that the government explain in Senate in an in-camera briefing why an unexplained, but significant sum of money...

Opposition calls into question rationale of full-year budget by an outgoing...

--Opp leader says parliament doesn't have the mandate to present the sixth budget --Haroon Akhtar defends the budget, says opp should avoid point-scoring   With the opening of debate...

PM Abbasi challenges critics to debate PML-N govt’s performance

Abbasi says next government empowered to amend budget HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday called upon the critics of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

A budget for the salaried class

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced an ad hoc relief of 10 per cent in the salaries and pensions of civil and military employees in...

Opposition parties reject budget, vow to resist

--Bilawal says that govt is engaging in blatant pre-poll rigging by presenting sixth budget --Asad Umar says budget makes no mention of how circular, public...

Growing numbers of taxpayers a positive step towards revenue goals: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha Tuesday said that the number of taxpayers in the province had increased with an estimation of 45,000...