📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- Pakistan has agreed to make full use of the $1.7 billion multi-stage loan package from the World Bank to expand the scope of taxes, reduce g.
- According to the documents of the World Bank, the federal government and the four provincial governments will benefit under this program lau.
- A total of about $1.7 billion will be provided under the multi-phase programmatic approach, of which $700 million has been approved last yea.
Pakistan has agreed to make full use of the $1.7 billion multi-stage loan package from the World Bank to expand the scope of taxes, reduce government expenditures and align them with the constitutional distribution of powers.
According to the documents of the World Bank, the federal government and the four provincial governments will benefit under this program launched under the name of Public Resources for Inclusive Development.
A total of about $1.7 billion will be provided under the multi-phase programmatic approach, of which $700 million has been approved last year.
The $700 million in the first phase includes $600 million for the federal government and $100 million for the Sindh government.
The federal government secured a $600 million loan in December 2025, while the World Bank described the program's progress as "moderately satisfactory" in its successive reports on the implementation of the loan. The World Bank's April 2026 report stated that the loan was approved on December 19, 2025, but construction had not yet begun.
