• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Trending:
  • Kashmir
  • Elections
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Daily Times

Your right to know

  • HOME
  • Latest
  • Iran-Israel war
  • Pakistan
    • Balochistan
    • Gilgit Baltistan
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
  • World
  • Editorials & Opinions
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • Commentary / Insight
    • Perspectives
    • Cartoons
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Featured
    • Blogs
      • Pakistan
      • World
      • Lifestyle
      • Culture
      • Sports
  • Business
  • Sports
  • FIFA World Cup
  • E-PAPER
    • Lahore
    • Islamabad
    • Karachi

controversial IMF-driven mini-budget

NA passes captive power gas levy bill under IMF conditions

May 23, 2025 by Attia Naveed

In a swift move just days before unveiling the federal budget, Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a controversial IMF-driven mini-budget on Thursday — the Captive Power Plants (Off-Grid) Levy Bill 2025 — without any debate and through a supplementary agenda. The bill aims to give legal cover to a previously imposed grid levy on industrial units […]

Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: Captive Power Plants (Off-Grid) Levy Bill 2025, controversial IMF-driven mini-budget, Extended Fund Facility (EFF), federal budget, Latest, Pakistan’s National Assembly

Primary Sidebar




Latest News

China threatens response to US AI actions

PPP, PML-N dominate early AJK election results

The Odyssey nears $640 million worldwide

Pakistan cuts petrol price, raises diesel rates

Pakistan says polio eradication within reach

Pakistan

PPP, PML-N dominate early AJK election results

Pakistan says polio eradication within reach

Khawaja Asif accuses India of regional destabilisation

Field Marshal Asim Munir, US lawmakers discuss security, trade

Vote counting begins in AJK elections

More Posts from this Category

Business

PSX rebounds amid improving global sentiment

Pakistan blocks over 400 cyberattacks, urges AI regulation

Oil prices drop 5% as US-Iran fighting pauses

FBR begins receiving annual income tax returns, sets September 30 deadline

PSX surges over 4,500 points as easing tensions lift investor sentiment

More Posts from this Category

World

China threatens response to US AI actions

Modi faces legal challenge over AI surveillance

Houthis claim drone attacks on Saudi oil sites

More Posts from this Category




Footer

Home
Lead Stories
Latest News
Editor’s Picks

Culture
Life & Style
Featured
Videos

Editorials
OP-EDS
Commentary
Advertise

Cartoons
Letters
Blogs
Privacy Policy

Contact
Company’s Financials
Investor Information
Terms & Conditions

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

© 2026 Daily Times. All rights reserved.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.