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The 2024–25 Pakistan Federal Budget is a financial statement of the government's estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year that runs from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. [1] [2] On 12 June 2024, finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the federal budget with a total outlay of Rs18.877 trillion. [3]
6.9% (for minimum wage full-time work in 2024: includes 20% flat income tax, of which first 7848€ per year is tax exempt for low-income earners + 2% mandatory pension contribution + 1.6% unemployment insurance paid by employee); excluding social security taxes paid by the employer
Low tax-to-GDP ratio: Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains lower than the global average. In recent years, the ratio has been approximately 9.5%, far below that of neighboring countries like India (16%) and Bangladesh (12%). This indicates inefficiencies in tax collection and necessitates systemic reforms.
The AMT exemption amount for tax year 2024 increased to $85,700 and starts to phase out at $609,350, up $4,400 and $31,200 compared with tax year 2023, respectively.
The budget included funding for a number of development initiatives to increase the nation's economic growth rate. The original outlays for the PDSP being estimated at Rs. 2.66 trillion for the development programme, which included a Rs 950 billion federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), that was approved by the Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC). [5]
Had a plantation railway 044 Barbados: Had a public railway. Has a 3 km tourist line opened in 2019. 052 Belize: Had one public railway and a number of private lines 084 Brunei: Has a 4 km section of pier railway (so is outside the definition for this article) 096 Burundi: Had an internal port railway 108 Cape Verde: Had a harbour railway 132
In 1962, control of the Pakistan Eastern Railway was transferred to the Government of East Pakistan. On 9 June 1962, by order of the president, the Pakistan Eastern Railway management was assumed by a Railway Board. [9] As of 2005, the total length of the Bangladesh Railway is 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi). [10]
With a population of 254.4 million people as of 2024, Pakistan's position at per capita income ranks 161st by GDP (nominal) and 138th by GDP (PPP) according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [4] In its early years, Pakistan's economy relied heavily on private industries.