The budget is being closely watched by the International Monetary Fund as the South Asian country seeks further bailout money during an economic and balance of payments crisis.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was scheduled to attend meetings from 10 April and see top IMF officials and multilateral creditors in a bid to secure stalled funding.
In all fairness to Dar, fixing fundamental problems such as high indirect taxation and heavy consumption of imported luxury items is beyond his pay scale.
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results, Albert Einstein said. But Paksitanis don't get it--Dar's been appointed FM for the fifth time.
Dar will steer Pakistan’s finances at a time when his country is struggling with an economic crisis worsened by deadly floods and is marked by high inflation.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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