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Policy Brief by Dr. Aneel Salman 31/07/2025

Textual Insights into Fiscal Narratives: An Analytical Study of Pakistan’s Federal Budgets (2010-2024)

Download This Brief conducts a systematic analysis of Pakistan’s federal budget documents from 2010 to 2024 using a text mining approach. Despite significant shifts in domestic and global economic conditions, the focus of these documents has remained on recurring economic challenges such as…

The US Government Shutdown

The ultimate deal maker President Trump celebrated his first year in Oval office with shutdown, making him probably the only president in US history to do so. The rift in the US Senate over spending bill resulted in government shutdown on January…

Pakistan’s defence budget: An analysis

Pakistan has reluctantly upped its defence budget for 2015-16 by 11 percent. Total defence outlay is Rs700. 2 billion as compared to Rs 627.2 billion allocated in the outgoing fiscal year, showing an increase of Rs 73 billion. The actual increase in…

Textual Insights into Fiscal Narratives: An Analytical Study of Pakistan’s Federal Budgets (2010-2024)

The US Government Shutdown

Pakistan’s defence budget: An analysis

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