Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday clarified that the government had not imposed a ban on

“ Who told you to set up car plants?... ” he asked, rhetorically, about the current account deficit that resurfaced in 2019-20 partly because of auto-related imports.“ We’ve rarely devised any economic or social policy based on indigenous thinking.... We suffer from a slave mentality, ” he said.Mr Zaidi called for depoliticising economic planning, saying that such decisions must not be made for political reasons....

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Friday that he was looking forward to an early

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Wednesday met British High Commissioner

civilian government combined. When it came to gas, Ismail said a subsidy of Rs400bn was given in the

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday that Pakistan would buy oil and food

Revenue( FBR), Finance Minister Miftah Ismail discussed these revenue measures and other tax proposals

The PM congratulated Mr Ismail for presenting a “ public-friendly ” budget. The PTI MNAs, who had

If, he said, Sindh released this quantum then it would be left with only 35MAF, he said.He said that currently wheat growers were not getting adequate price for their produce.... Resultantly, the grain would be bought cheaper rate and sold at higher rates in September and then in December wheat would have to be imported, he said.He said that hardly 28-29m tonnes of wheat would be produced this year which was 31 metric tonnes last year.... All stakeholders should sit in CCI and discuss the wate

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Saturday that the government's relief package, which was