ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb will present the Pakistan Economic Survey (PES) 2026-27 on June 9, a senior official said on Thursday, which will provide a comprehensive survey of the country’s economic performance.
The PES is an annual survey released by the government, usually a day before the federal budget, to highlight the government’s performance in the outgoing fiscal year. The flagship report by the finance ministry publishes important data on critical economic sectors such as agriculture, livestock, remittances, foreign exchange reserves, education, health, energy and others.
“As a precursor to the budget, the Ministry of Finance and Revenue will release the Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 (FY26) on Tuesday, 9 June 2026,” Finance Adviser Khurram Schehzad wrote on social media platform X.
“The federal minister for finance and revenue will present the Survey, providing a comprehensive review of the country’s economic performance during the outgoing fiscal year,” he added.
The annual federal budget for FY27 will be presented before the National Assembly of Pakistan on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, by Aurangzeb, Schehzad said.
He said the budget will set out the government’s fiscal priorities and policy measures for the upcoming financial year.
President Asif Ali Zardari earlier summoned a parliament session for the federal budget on June 5. However, media reports indicated the budget was likely to be delayed, with Reuters citing government sources as saying that some fiscal measures remained under discussion with the International Monetary Fund.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Wednesday that the budget will be released on June 10.
The announcement followed Dar and Aurangzeb’s meeting with senior Pakistan Peoples Party leaders, an important ally of the coalition government. Dar said the meeting was “part of routine pre-budget consultations.”
Pakistan has struggled to achieve sustainable economic growth over the past few years as it remains under a $7 billion International Monetary Fund loan program that has helped stabilize the economy following a balance-of-payments crisis.
