Poverty in Pakistan may be significantly higher than official estimates suggest, according to a new report that points to a widening gap between government data and independent analysis. Research by the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) puts the national poverty rate at 43.5 per cent, m...
KARACHI: Poverty in Pakistan has surged to 43.5%, according to the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), indicating a far graver situation than official estimates by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and the Planning Commission, which place poverty at 28.9%. https://tribune.com.pk/st...
پاکستان میں غربت کی شرح ساڑھے 43 فیصد تک پہنچنے کا انکشاف https://ummat.net/epaper/news.php?date=2026/03/29/&p=news-35.gif...
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (APP): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday held a detailed meeting with a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), led by its Chairman Javed Jabbar, to discuss key structural, fiscal and socio-economic challenges and e...
December 16, 2025 (MLN): Government priorities on economic reform, fiscal federalism and evidence-based policymaking were reinforced as part of efforts to strengthen governance, fiscal sustainability and long-term development. These issues were discussed at a meeting between the Federal Minist...
وفد سے ملاقات، معاشی اصلاحات، این ایف سی اور موسمیاتی چیلنجز پر گفتگو SPDC وزیر خزانہ محمد اورنگزیب کی https://lafz.com.pk/news/25529/finance-minister-meets-spdc-delegation-discusses-economic-refor...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Monday held a detailed and wide-ranging meeting with a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), led by its Chairman, Javed Jabbar. The delegation included SPDC Board Members Ahmed Farooq Baza...
ISLAMABAD: The Centre has notified eight committees of the National Finance Commission (NFC), including one on debt utilisation and the transfer of expenditures to provinces, following the attorney general's support for the federal government against Sindh's objections. The development came as Pa...
Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, today met a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) led by Chairman Mr. Javed Jabbar to discuss Pakistan’s key structural, fiscal, and socio-economic challenges and avenues for evidence-based policy suppo...
اسلام آباد:وفاقی وزیرِ خزانہ سینیٹر محمد اورنگزیب نے کہا ہے کہ اصلاحات کا مقصد روزگار میں کمی نہیں بلکہ سرکاری اداروں میں موجود نااہلی، مالی ضیاع اور غیر ضروری سبسڈی...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (INP-Wealth Pakistan): Pakistan’s fiscal model has become unsustainable and requires urgent, consensus-driven reform to ensure fair development and stronger national unity. This was the central message of a high-level webinar titled “Unlocking Pakistan’s Financial Future: The...
The recent establishment of the Tax Policy Office (TPO)—separating the critical function of tax policy design from the revenue collection mandate of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)—is more than a bureaucratic reshuffle; it constitutes a litmus test for economic governance in Pakistan. This in...
سندھ بجٹ: معاشی ترقی کیلئے دور دراز علاقوں کو شہری مراکز سے جوڑا جائے: جامعہ لطیف کے تحت آن لائن سیشن https://theindustribune.com/2025/07/09/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D9%B9-%D9%85%D8%B9%...
As Pakistan continues to navigate persistent fiscal challenges, the recent budget documents for FY 2025-26, presented this month, contain an astonishing anomaly that demands immediate attention. It concerns the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes – a seemingly mundane line item that, upon clos...
