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Post-budget presser: FM Aurangzeb unpacks key budget highlights

Post-budget presser: FM Aurangzeb unpacks key budget highlights

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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is currently speaking at a post-budget press conference, explaining the government’s aims and important details for the 2025–26 fiscal year. The briefing follows the federal budget’s presentation a day earlier, where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s administration unveiled a Rs17.57 trillion spending plan. The budget sets a 4.2 per […]

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Family pension duration limited to 10 years after spouse’s death

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government has proposed major changes in the existing pension system in the Budget 2025–26, aiming to rationalise public spending and reduce the growing fiscal burden posed by the pension system in vogue. The duration of family pensions has been capped at 10 years after the death of the spouse,

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Key takeaways from Rs17.573 trillion “growth-oriented” Federal Budget 2025-26

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government Tuesday presented the Rs17.573 trillion “growth-oriented” federal budget for the fiscal year 2025-26. Presenting the federal budget in the National Assembly, finance minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year is the beginning of the strategy especially chalked out to promote a competitive

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Non-filers to be barred from purchasing vehicles, immovable property

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The government has proposed a series of stringent financial restrictions on non-filers as part of its efforts to broaden the tax base and pave the way for documentation of the economy, in the Federal Budget 2025–26. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, presented the budget in the National Assembly and announced a proposal

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Tax on imported solar panels hiked to 18% to promote domestic industry

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government has decided to increase tax on imported solar panels so as to promote domestically manufactured panels. The decision to this effect has been reflected in the budget for the fiscal year 2025-26. It has been decided to impose an 18% sales tax on imported solar panels. According to

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YouTuber Rajab Butt to be indicted in gang rape case

Rajab Butt, Maan Dogar booked for rape, kidnapping, blackmail

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LAHORE: YouTuber and TikToker Rajab Butt and four others has been booked at Lahore’s Nawab Town police station under serious changes of rape, blackmail and kidnapping. According to the first information report (FIR) filed by a female social media activist, she became friends with Rajab Butt’s cousin Salman Haider through social media. As per the complaint,

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Federal budget 2025-26 set for presentation in National Assembly today

Federal budget 2025-26 set for presentation in National Assembly today

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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Federal budget 2025-26 for the upcoming fiscal year will be presented in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The Lower House is scheduled to meet at the Parliament House in Islamabad at 5 PM, followed by a session of the Upper House at 6 PM the same day. Finance Minister Senator Muhammad

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