Offline Evidence Notes
These notes preserve the key evidence used from web articles so the main report still works when the Dropbox folder is used offline. The official PDF proof is in the local PDF links; these web notes are supporting context, not legal text.
Ministry of Finance Budget Wing
Official Finance Division budget document hub used to confirm the federal budget document set.
Online URL: https://www.finance.gov.pk/budget_wing.html
Radio Pakistan Budget Overview
Used for the plain-English budget speech figures: total outlay Rs 18.771T, debt mark-up Rs 8.054T, federal PSDP Rs 1T, BISP Rs 838B, growth/inflation targets, sector allocations, public pay/pension increase, minimum wage, electricity and development allocation headlines.
Online URL: https://www.radio.gov.pk/12-06-2026/govt-unveils-rs187-trillion-federal-budget-focused-on-growth-tax-relief
Associated Press of Pakistan Budget Report
Used for government-linked macro and sector context, including the Zarkhez farmer-loan programme and IT export/digital economy claims.
Reuters IMF/Defence Context
Used for independent context on IMF discipline, defence spending increase, fiscal deficit and development-spending pressure.
Dawn Tax Breaks Summary
Used as independent cross-check for salaried/business tax relief and customs/sales-tax changes.
Online URL: https://www.dawn.com/news/2007489
Business Recorder Fiscal Context
Used for revenue target, fiscal deficit, provincial surplus and IMF framing.
Online URL: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40425352/budget-fy27-govt-tries-to-make-sure-imf-stays-in-good-humour
Geo Women's Health Products Coverage
Used as public-reporting cross-check around sanitary pads and contraceptives. The legal proof is still the local Finance Bill PDF.
Business Recorder Customs Duty Rates
Used as business-press cross-check for tariff rationalization: customs duty reduction on 92 industrial input tariff lines, ACD reductions/elimination and RD changes. The official proof is local Salient Features PDF page 1.
Online URL: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40425334/customs-duty-rates-on-92-tariff-lines-lowered
Business Recorder Power Subsidy
Used for electricity-sector subsidy context: reported power subsidy around Rs 830B, K-Electric allocation around Rs 163B, and circular-debt containment provision around Rs 252B.
Online URL: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40425332/power-subsidy-cut-19pc-to-rs830bn
Dawn Auto Sector EV Duties
Used as auto-sector cross-check for EV CKD extension, luxury EV duties and the still-pending Auto Policy 2026-31. Exact legal rates are in the local Finance Bill PDF pages 103-106.
Online URL: https://www.dawn.com/news/2007451/duty-raised-on-evs-priced-above-rs20m
Geo Budget Overview
Used for electricity reform claims, Direct Subsidy Mechanism timing, circular-debt statement and health allocation context.
Online URL: https://www.geo.tv/latest/668396-finmin-aurangzeb-unveils-budget-2026-27-under-shadow-of-mideast-crisis
IMF FY2027 Budget Strategy Statement
Official IMF statement after its May 2026 staff visit. It records discussion of the FY2027 budget strategy, including a 2% of GDP primary-surplus target, tax-base broadening, stronger tax administration, spending efficiency, public financial management, energy/SOE reform and climate-risk financing.
Online URL: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/05/20/pr26161-pakistan-imf-staff-concludes-visit-to-pakistan
Dawn FY2025-26 FBR Collection Result
Used as the provisional actual baseline for the FY2026-27 revenue target. Dawn reported FY2025-26 collection of about Rs 13 trillion, Rs 21 billion above the revised Rs 12.983 trillion target but roughly Rs 1.127 trillion below the original Rs 14.131 trillion target. The result was provisional at publication.
Online URL: https://www.dawn.com/news/2012102