Why Does Pakistan Spend More on Cash Support Than on Education? The seven-to-one comparison, with the qualifications that complicate it By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, neutral answer about a comparison often made in Pakistan's budget debate. The figures are B...
ISN MEDIAWhat Is the New Carbon Levy in Pakistan? A first-time charge in the 2026-27 budget, expected to raise about Rs 50 billion By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 4-min read This is a short, factual answer about the carbon levy introduced in Pakistan's 2026-27 budget. The figures are Budget Esti...
ISN MEDIAWhat Are the Biggest Subsidies in Pakistan's 2026-27 Budget? Where the Rs 1,091 billion subsidy bill goes, led by the power sector By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 4-min read This is a short, factual answer about Pakistan's largest subsidies in the 2026-27 budget. The figures are Budget...
ISN MEDIAWhat Did Asad Baig Say About the 2026-27 Budget? A summary of the writer's opinion on Pakistan's federal budget By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 4-min read This is a short summary of the writer Asad Baig's opinion on Pakistan's 2026-27 budget. It reports his arguments; the full opinion p...
ISN MEDIAWhat Is the 18th Amendment and How Does It Affect the Budget? The constitutional change that moved schools and hospitals to the provinces By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, factual answer about the eighteenth amendment and its effect on Pakistan's budget. The fi...
ISN MEDIAInterest and Riba: The Religious Argument Over Pakistan's Debt Whether the interest on Pakistan's national debt is riba is contested. Here are the sides. By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read Because Pakistan is a Muslim-majority state that pays a large share of its budget in inter...
ISN MEDIASubsidies in the 2026-27 Budget: Who Gets the 1,091 Billion? Where Pakistan's subsidy money goes, and why much of it is untargeted By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 7-min read Subsidies are one of the largest transfers in Pakistan's budget, and one of the most contested. This explainer se...
ISN MEDIAPakistan's Health Budget 2026-27: 20 Paisa and the 18th Amendment What the federal government spends on health, and the devolution caveat that frames it By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 7-min read Health is the second-smallest of Pakistan's named federal sectors, and like education it mu...
ISN MEDIAThe Environment Gets One Paisa: Pakistan's Climate Spending Paradox The smallest line in the budget, in a country among the most exposed to climate shocks By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 7-min read The environment is the smallest line in Pakistan's federal budget, which is striking for...
ISN MEDIAPakistan's Education Budget 2026-27: 63 Paisa in Every 100 Rupees What the federal government spends on schooling, and why the figure understates the total By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read Education is among the smallest lines in Pakistan's federal budget, but reading it corre...
ISN MEDIADomestic vs Foreign Debt: Why Most of Pakistan's Interest Is Owed at Home Of Pakistan's Rs 8,054 billion interest bill, the larger part is owed to its own banks By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read Pakistan's interest bill is the largest single item in its 2026-27 budget, and wher...
ISN MEDIAThe Debt Trap Explained: Why Pakistan Borrows to Pay Its Own Interest How a primary surplus and a large deficit can exist at the same time By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 8-min read One of the more confusing features of Pakistan's budget is that the government takes in more than it spen...
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