2017–18 Pakistan federal budget

The Federal budget 2017–18 was the federal budget of Pakistan for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2017 and ending on 30 June 2018.^[1]

2017–18 Federal Budget

Presented	26 May 2017
Parliament	National Assembly of Pakistan
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Finance minister	Ishaq Dar
Treasurer	Ministry of Finance
Total expenditures	Rs. 475,000 Crores
Deficit	4.00
Website	Budget speech 2017-18
‹ 2016–17 2018–19›

It was presented by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on 26 May 2017 at the National Assembly with a total outlay of ₨. 4.75 tn. This is the fifth federal budget submitted during the tenure of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his cabinet.^[2]

The budget was presented following a protest of the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, demanding subsidies on fertilisers and electricity bills, at D-Chowk in Islamabad.^[3]

The budget proposed a 10.0% increase in the salaries and pensions of federal government employees and an increase in the minimum monthly wage from ₨. 14,000 to ₨. 15,000. The allocation made for Benazir Income Support Programme stood at ₨.121 billion for 5.5 million beneficiaries.^[4] The defence expenditure of ₨.920.2 billion (or 19.36% of total budget outlay) which was around 7% higher than it was in the outgoing year was set aside.^[5]

Budget

	Original (Rs Billions)	Revised (Rs Billions)
Mark-up Payment	1363	1526.2
Development	1340.1	1062.8
Defence Affairs and Services	920.2	999.2
Grants and Transfers to Provinces / Others	430.2	461.6
Foreign Loans Repayment	286.6	428.1
Running of Civil Government	376.8	402
Pension (Military and Civil)	248	333.4
Subsidies	138.8	147.6
Total Expenditure	5103.8	5361

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