Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025-26, presented by the finance minister in the National Assembly on June 10, 2025, shows an ambitious fiscal framework shaped by revenue maximizing…
Budget & Ashrafiya
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military brass, top civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust and their cronies in politics, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and so-called spiritual leaders (sic), media tycoons…