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2014–15 Pakistan Federal Budget
The Federal budget 2014–15 was the federal budget of Pakistan for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015. Presented and submitted by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on 30 June 2014 at the National Assembly, it was originally outlay ₨. 3.8 tn; eventually it was increased to ₨. 4.3 tn after several recommendations were inserted on 21 June 2014. This was the second federal budget submitted during the tenure of Prime Minister and his cabinet. Effective economic policies of the previous budget crawled up the nation's GDP rate to 4.1% for the first time in the last six years; though it fell short of the targeted rate of 4.4% for the 2013–14. In addition, the per capita income grew at dismal 1.41% ( $1,386/person) as the economic survey showed that the key indicator the tax-to-GDP ratio was again missed and stood at only 8.8%. The budget proposed a 10.0% relief in the salaries of government employees and an increase in the minimum monthly wage t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaq Dar
Muhammad Ishaq Dar ( ur, ; born ) is Pakistani accountant and member of the Senate serving as the 42nd Finance Minister of Pakistan since September 28, 2022. Dar was declared a Proclaimed Offender in 2017 and 2022, respectively. After his return to Pakistan on 26 September 2022, he was no longer declared a Proclaimed Offender. He has been a member of the Senate from 2008. He is a former Minister for Industries and Investment, Minister for Commerce and is the fourth time Minister for Finance of Pakistan since 28 September 2022. Born in 1950 and grew up in Lahore, Dar was educated at the Hailey College of Commerce, Government College University, later attending the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a professional chartered accountant in various private and public sector organizations. His father owned a bicycle shop. Dar started his political career in early 1980s and since then he has been elected to the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gross Domestic Product Of Pakistan
Pakistan is a low income developing country. Its economy is the 23rd-largest worldwide in terms of GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP). According to a 2021 estimate, the Country has a population of 227 million people ( 5th-largest worldwide). As of FY22, the nominal GDP of Pakistan stands at with a nominal GDP per capita of (177th worldwide); its GDP based on PPP stands at with a GDP (PPP) per capita of (168th worldwide). Pakistan is a developing country with a semi-industrial economy. Primary export commodities include textiles, leather goods, sports equipment, chemicals, and carpets/rugs. The growth poles of Pakistan's economy are situated along the Indus River; the diversified economies of Karachi and major urban centres in Punjab, co-existing with lesser developed areas in other parts of the country. The Pakistani economy has suffered in the past from internal political turmoil, a rapidly growing population, and mixed levels of foreign investment. Foreig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 In Pakistan
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Pakistan. Incumbents Federal government *President: Mamnoon Hussain *Prime Minister: Nawaz Sharif * Chief Justice: **until 16 August: Nasir-ul-Mulk **17 August-10 September: Jawwad S. Khawaja **starting 10 September: Anwar Zaheer Jamali Events January * January 4 – War in North-West Pakistan ** A United States airstrike kills 8 Uzbek people claimed to be linked with al-Qaeda. ** The Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in Khyber Agency killing 31 militants. ** A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in Orakzai Agency killing four people and injuring eight. * January 10 ** A suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Rawalpindi kills at least seven people. ** A traffic accident between an oil tanker and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, results in at least 57 dead and scores injured. * January 25 – A massive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Government Budgets
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2014 In Pakistan
Events in the year 2014 in Pakistan. Incumbents Federal government * President: Mamnoon Hussain * Prime Minister: Nawaz Sharif * Chief Justice: Tassaduq Hussain Jillani (until July 6), Nasir-ul-Mulk Governors * Governor of Balochistan – Muhammad Khan Achakzai * Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan – Pir Karam Ali Shah * Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Shaukatullah Khan * Governor of Punjab – Mohammad Sarwar * Governor of Sindh – Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan Events January * January 1 – A bomb blasted on the Qambrani road in Akhtarabad, Quetta near a bus, which was carrying at least 50 pilgrims from Iran to Pakistan. Police confirmed that three of the passengers are killed and at least twenty-four injured. * January 6 – A bomb detonates in a tribal elder's home in Khyber Agency, killing 10 people and injuring another 9. * January 9–14-year-old boy Aitizaz Hassan in northern Pakistan is killed stopping a suicide bomber at the main gate of his school but saves the lives o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawaz Sharif Administration
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Government Budget Deficit
The government budget balance, also alternatively referred to as general government balance, public budget balance, or public fiscal balance, is the overall difference between government revenues and spending. A positive balance is called a ''government budget surplus'', and a negative balance is a ''government budget deficit''. A government budget is a financial statement presenting the government's proposed revenues and spending for a financial year. A budget is prepared for each level of government (from national to local) and takes into account public social security obligations. The government budget balance can be broken down into the ''primary balance'' and interest payments on accumulated government debt; the two together give the budget balance. Furthermore, the budget balance can be broken down into the ''structural balance'' (also known as ''cyclically-adjusted balance'') and the cyclical component: the structural budget balance attempts to adjust for the impact of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Board Of Revenue (Pakistan)
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ( ur, ), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of collection of tax. FBR operates through Inspectors-IR that keep tax evaders under surveillance, assess taxable incomes and perform special tasks for FBR Headquarters. FBR performs role of collection of taxation in the country from all individuals and businesses. FBR also collects intelligence on tax evasion and administers tax laws for the Government of Pakistan and acts as the central revenue collection agency of Pakistan. History Established as the ''Central Board of Revenue'' on 1 April 1924 through enactment of the "''Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924''". In 1944, the CBR was put under the ''Revenue Division'' with the Ministry of Finance until 1960, when on the recommendations of the "''Administrative Reorganization Committee"'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pensions In Pakistan
Pensions in Pakistan are provisions which are provided to retired employees. Because only the retired formal sector mostly benefits from pensions, most of the social schemes and retirement welfare system in the country cover a small proportion of the old-age population, whereas a significant proportion of the elderly population working in the informal sector remains largely unprotected by these social security schemes. There have been calls for devising and implementing reform in the pension sector of the country in a way where there is efficient deployment of resources and the eligible, yet economically disadvantaged portion of the retired population, is also entitled to receive and be endowed with this social security right. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces, two autonomous territories, and one federal territory of a Parliamentary democracy, parliamentary democratic Parliamentary republic, republic, constitutionally called the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Effecting the Westminster system for governing the state, the government is mainly composed of the Executive branch, executive, Legislative branch, legislative, and Judicial branch, judicial branches, in which all powers are vested by the Constitution of Pakistan, Constitution in the Parliament of Pakistan, Parliament, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister and the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts and amendments of the Parliament, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Dollar
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it into 100 cents, and authorized the minting of coins denominated in dollars and cents. U.S. banknotes are issued in the form of Federal Reserve Notes, popularly called greenbacks due to their predominantly green color. The monetary policy of the United States is conducted by the Federal Reserve System, which acts as the nation's central bank. The U.S. dollar was originally defined under a bimetallic standard of (0.7735 troy ounces) fine silver or, from 1837, fine gold, or $20.67 per troy ounce. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 linked the dollar solely to gold. From 1934, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
