BUDGET 2026-27: Record Rs3.6tr overspending belies govt’s austerity claims

ISLAMABAD: Despite the government’s claims of austerity and tight fiscal discipline, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has actually asked the parliament to give post-facto approval for a record Rs3.684 trillion supplementary grants for expenditure overruns and re-appropriation. Budget documents suggest that parliament would be required to approve more than four times higher supplementary grants later this month when compared to Rs895bn it regularised last year. This put a question mark on t...

By [email protected] (Khaleeq Kiani)