Pakistan Budget for FY 2026-27

Fundamentals are still missing from this budget. like the dozen so budgets in the past, there is little to no concrete and long missing friends. these include stuff like;
... Huge tax on energy drinks and sweetend beverages.. we are the highest or top 3 countries with diabetes
... Taxing the doctors hospitals and clinics based upon the fee charged and set standards or levels
.. Healthcare facilities can not be a welfare organization unless they meet stringent criteria.. You wud be surprised that hameed latif hospital and Dr's hospital get tax relief as they are trust and welfare hospitals.
... Rationalising medicine prices per their submission documents and current practice. e.g. API details and source from submitted documents vs in actual, to be checked via import data.
... Preventing pharmaceutical companies from arranging "educational sessions" in tourist/Northern areas and abroad
... Medical drs can not travel abroad more than twice when sponsored by a pharmaceutical company. All such travels to be communicated to PMDC. You would be surprised as how this plays out and how drs over prescribe because they have a target to achieve.
... Creating two or three slabs amongst hotels, eateries, and cafes.
... Linking cars, school/college/university fee, international travel, number of properties, minor under 18 travelling abroad and having a property in their names, hotel stay, and similar data to tax profile of individuals
... A Higher tax slab on the 5th or more property bought under an ID card
... All property above 2 Kanals or 1100 square. yards should be taxed way higher
... Luxury items, clothes, imported groceries imported tiles, imported appliances, etc to be taxed extremely high
... Limiting or linking school, college and university fee per area, size, facilities etc.

we have to force people away grom real estate and towards investing in savings, industries, startups and rest. Make health and education cheaper and luxury as expensive as possible. This has never been done and wud probably never happen.
 

Govt unveils Rs18.8tr budget for FY2026-27; GDP growth targeted at 4pc

Average inflation expected to be 8.2pc; finance minister says large chunk of budgeted expenditures to be allocated for markup payments.

News Desk Syed Irfan Raza
June 12, 2026

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the FY2026-27 budget in the National Assembly (NA) on Friday, during a session that began two hours late and was marred by loud protests from the opposition.

Aurangzeb prefaced the numbers with a note of thanks to leaders of the coalition parties supporting the federal government, as well as a rumination on Pakistan’s improved standing in the world, which he described as a culmination of events that started from last year’s Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos and which peaked with Pakistan brokering a ceasefire between Iran and the US amidst a dangerous regional escalation.
 
... The minister said FBR revenue collection increased by more than 10pc this year, adding that the revenue agency recovered Rs60bn in additional revenue from the cement and sugar sectors through digitisation and another Rs34bn through artificial intelligence-based audits of 800 high-risk cases. This would be expanded to other sectors in the next budget. ...
Wow. AI is really doing small wonders for Pakistan whichever sector the Government is deploying in.
 

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