Pakistan Economic Survey

PTI, the main opposition party, rejected Pakistan's Rs18.8 trillion federal budget for FY2026-27, criticizing it as prioritizing elite interests over economic recovery and民生 challenges. The party accused the government of relying on remittances and foreign borrowing while imposing taxes that disproportionately burden the poor and small businesses.

Pakistan's Economic Survey highlights a hard-won stabilization in economic conditions but underscores unresolved root issues: an underperforming tax system, uncompetitive exchange rate, flawed industrial policy, and a broken fiscal federalism model. The government achieved back-to-back primary surpluses in FY2024 and FY2025, marking the first such streak in two decades, while inflation has decreased.

Pakistan's energy sector saw hydel, renewable, and nuclear sources surpass thermal power in installed capacity for the first time, contributing 50.8% of 49,651MW total capacity. The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) facilitated 102 IPPs, attracting $35 billion in foreign investment, while solar projects and Thar coal initiatives advanced energy security.

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is presenting the Pakistan Economic Survey (PES) for FY2025-26. He highlighted the survey's reflection of resilience and discipline during the previous year.

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb will present the federal budget for FY2026-27 on June 12. The Pakistan Economic Survey for FY2025-26 will be launched after 2:20pm the next day. A consensus was reached between the federal government, PML-N, and PPP on the budget framework, including freezing provincial shares in the NFC award.