Key Facts
Pakistan ne 12 June 2026 ko apna naya budget pesh kiya, jismein defence spending mein 18% ki badhotari ki gayi hai. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb ne parliament mein kaha ki defence ke liye 3 trillion rupees allocate kiye gaye hain, jo pichle saal se 18% zyada hai. Is budget ka total 18.77 trillion rupees ($67.49 billion) hai.
Details of the Budget
Budget mein federal development spending ko 1 trillion rupees tak seemit rakha gaya hai. Tax revenue target 15.26 trillion rupees rakha gaya hai, jo pichle saal ke 14.13 trillion se 8.2% zyada hai. Federal deficit 7.02 trillion rupees aur overall fiscal deficit 5.23 trillion rupees (GDP ka 3.6%) target kiya gaya hai. Revenue generation ka bada hissa taxes aur levies se aane ki ummeed hai, jismein petroleum levy bhi shamil hai, jisse 20.60 trillion rupees ki aamdani ka anuman hai.
Impact and Challenges
Defence spending mein badhotari ka karan 'region mein anishchitata' bataya gaya hai, khaaskar US-Iran tensions ke maddnazar. Aurangzeb ne kaha, 'Defence spending ko kaafi badhaya gaya hai taaki desh ko ajey banaya ja sake.' Lekin is budget mein development expenditure aur middle-class par dabaav hai. Pakistan IMF ke $7 billion programme ko track par rakhne ki koshish kar raha hai, jiske liye primary budget surplus GDP ka 2% rakhna hai. Inflation pichle saal 6.7% thi, jo ab do ankon mein pahunch gayi hai, aur naye budget mein inflation target 8.2% rakha gaya hai.
What Readers Should Know
- Defence budget: 3 trillion rupees (18% increase)
- Total budget: 18.77 trillion rupees
- Tax revenue target: 15.26 trillion rupees (8.2% increase)
- GDP growth target: 4.0%
- Inflation target: 8.2%
- IMF programme: $7 billion, with primary surplus target of 2% of GDP
Frequently Asked Questions
Pakistan ne defence budget mein kitni badhotari ki hai?
Pakistan ne naye budget mein defence spending 18% badhakar 3 trillion rupees kar di hai.
Pakistan ke naye budget ka total kya hai?
Pakistan ka naya budget 18.77 trillion rupees (67.49 billion dollars) ka hai.
Pakistan ki GDP growth target kya hai?
Pakistan ne aane wale fiscal year ke liye 4.0% GDP growth ka target rakha hai.