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How Pakistan Raises Its Money: Taxes, Levies and the Indirect Tilt (2026-27) Where the federal government's Rs 20,600 billion in receipts comes from By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read Before a budget can be divided, it has to be collected. This explainer sets out how the federal...
ISN MEDIAThe Cost of Governing: Why Running the Government Exceeds the Development Budget Pakistan will spend more on operating itself than on everything it builds in 2026-27 By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 7-min read One line in Pakistan's 2026-27 budget draws particular scrutiny: the cost of s...
ISN MEDIACash Support vs Education: Where Should Pakistan's Money Go? A neutral look at the comparison that dominates the budget debate By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read The comparison made most often in Pakistan's budget debate sets cash support against education: the safety net receiv...
ISN MEDIABISP 2026-27: 844 Billion Rupees and a 16.9% Rise What the Benazir Income Support Programme is, how it is targeted, and how much it grew By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read The Benazir Income Support Programme is Pakistan's largest social safety net, and one of the most visible l...
ISN MEDIAWhy Federal Sector Figures Understate Spending: The 18th Amendment Explained How devolution moved schools, hospitals and local development to the provinces By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read To read Pakistan's federal budget correctly, especially the small figures for education...
ISN MEDIABISP rises to Rs 844.8 billion. Is it a plan for the poor, or a machine for votes? I read the numbers, and I tell you what I believe.
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Education gets 63 paisa in every 100 rupees. Health gets 20. The environment gets one. What Pakistan really spends on its own people, and the excuse they hide behind.
Asad Baig43 rupees of every 100 gone to interest before a single school is built. Rs 8,054 billion in one year. I walk you through Pakistan's debt trap.
Asad BaigI opened Pakistan's 2026-27 budget and read every rupee. Rs 18,771 billion, and where it really goes, in plain words anyone can follow.
Asad BaigI read Pakistan's 2026-27 budget line by line. Cash where a plan should be, 63 paisa for education, 43 rupees of every 100 to interest. Here is why I do not accept it.
Asad Baig
Cash Is Not a Plan: They Hand Out Money Where a Future Should Be Why I believe BISP keeps the poor alive without ever letting them leave By Asad Baig • Written from outside Pakistan • June 2026 • Approx. 9-min read Of course giving cash to someone in need is a good thing, and I do not deny it. I wa...
Asad Baig
The "f***ing crazy" phone call wasn't the cause — it was the symptom. Beneath the surface of Trump and Netanyahu's public clash lies a tectonic realignment: a MAGA civil war, an Iranian wedge strategy working exactly as designed, a Gulf that has quietly flipped, a coalition trap Netanyahu cannot escape, and a generational shift in American politics that no diplomatic theater can reverse. This isn't a personality clash. It's the end of an era — and almost nobody is talking about it honestly.
Yasir Rai
