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• Proposes Rs430bn new budgetary measures • Suggests 18pc hike in petroleum levy target • Asks provinces to mobilise extra Rs430bn • Links power tariff relief to BISP • Sees economic growth at 3.5pc • Estimates average inflation at 8.4pc • Seeks hike in BISP payment to Rs18,000 with 40pc population vulnerable ISLAMABAD: With Rs430 billion in new budgetary measures and an 18 per cent higher petroleum levy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has targeted Pakistan’s federal revenues at Rs17.145 trillion for 2026-27, along with a series of administrative and policy measures committed by the government for the federal and provincial budgets to be passed by the parliament. In its staff report on completion of third review of $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and second review of $1.4bn Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), the fund has projected total federal revenues for FY27 at Rs17.144tr — over Rs2.03tr higher than the current fiscal year, up 13.5pc. The report showed that Pakistan had to commit and deliver three major prior actions to make up for slippages on programme benchmarks before the IMF’s executive board finally approved the disbursement of $1.3bn under both facilities.