ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday approved regular and technical supplementary grants worth around Rs1.036 trillion for the financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26 to meet additional expenditures of various federal ministries and divisions.
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the supplementary grants in the House, which were subsequently passed.
The House approved supplementary grants of about Rs554.327 billion for 2024-25 and Rs481.666 billion for 2025-26.
The grants approved by the House included Airports Security Force, Cabinet Division, Commerce Division, Defence Division, Defence Services, federal government educational institutions in cantonments and garrisons, Power Division, Federal Education and Professional Training Division, grants, subsidies and miscellaneous expenditure, Federal Board of Revenue, foreign missions, Information and Broadcasting Division, Interior Division, Islamabad Capital Territory, Combined Civil Armed Forces, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Division, Law and Justice Division, National Food Security and Research Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Division, Parliamentary Affairs Division, Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division, SUPARCO, National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC), Finance Division, Petroleum Division, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), National Security Division, Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) Division, Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Division, Housing and Works Division, Information Technology and Telecommunication Division, Inter-Provincial Coordination Division, federal miscellaneous investments and other loans and advances, Revenue Division, Capital Outlay on Civil Works, and Capital Outlay on Railways Division, along with various development expenditure and capital outlay projects.
These expenditures reflect the additional costs and technical adjustments across federal ministries that could not be covered by original budgetary allocations. The approval is in line with the government’s constitutional powers under Article 84 to authorise expenditure from the Federal Consolidated Fund.
Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday expressed gratitude over the passage of the federal budget. Speaking in the National Assembly, he said the decision to hold regular public facilitation sessions in Karachi had been taken on the special instructions of the prime minister. He said the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), along with three members of staff, would now visit Karachi in the second week of every month to address public issues and ensure timely resolution of citizens’ concerns at the local level, thereby improving administrative convenience.
The minister announced an honorarium equivalent to six months’ basic salary for officers and staff engaged during the budget session.
Referring to the auditor general’s reports, the minister said for the first time in the country’s history, audit reports relating to the federal government were being presented in parliament within the same financial year to which they pertain.
The National Assembly also passed the Federal Board of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2026 which provides to abolish the establishment of a Policy Board.
