The federal government has announced the budget for the fiscal year 2025-26.
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the Federal Budget in the Parliament House today for the fiscal year 2025-26. The total federal budget outlay is Rs 17.6 trillion.
- Tax on Dividend remained unchanged at 15 percent
- Defense expense set at Rs. 2.5 trillion
- Current expenditure set at Rs. 16.3 trillion
- Non-tax revenue set at Rs. 5.1 trillion
- FBR taxes set at Rs. 14.1 trillion, 19 percent YoY
- Budget outlay set at Rs. 17.6 trillion, +2 percent YoY
- Online retailers to collect 18% sales tax from sellers
- New tax credit scheme for houses up to 10 marlas
- The government withdraws tax exemptions on higher pensions
- The government sets an expiry date on the duration of spouses of deceased employees
- A massive tax is imposed on online shopping and cash-on-delivery
- The government will now seize items with no barcodes or tax stamps
- A new 18 percent sales tax imposed on solar panel imports
- Advance tax on the purchase of immovable property by filers reduced
- Advance tax on cash withdrawals increased for non-filers
- Government slaps Rs. 500,000 fine, 3-year prison sentence for using wrong CNIC numbers and NTNs
Very very disappoint to saw how they present budget 2025-26 this is called mafia budget only gives benefit to minister’s MNA MPA Prime minister’s president’s factories and their business whom they are running as their side business in every year’s budget the only people suffer is Aam Pakistani people middle class people who struggling and working hard to facilitate their family
But unfortunately every year’s budget govt don’t even think about Pakistani people shameless government no expectations from shameless government
These shameless politician’s only benefit each other minister’s by increasing their salary 188% and increase huge salaries of MNA and speaker national assembly such a foolish and stupid thing this is I mean are minister’s need salary to survive? These minister’s do corruption they don’t need salary to survive they have their corruption black money in their swiss bank
And whenever middle-class people ask to increase their salary the govt spokesperson said Pakistan is
we will celebrate 78 years of going through difficult time independence in August 2025 but still struggling to survive ruthless and shamless politician
یہ بجٹ ملک کی معیشت کی سمت طے کرے گا۔ اُمید ہے کہ اس میں عوامی ریلیف، روزگار کے مواقع اور مہنگائی پر قابو پانے کے لیے مؤثر اقدامات شامل ہوں گے۔