A labourer waits for work while sitting beside push trollies outside a market in Karachi, Pakistan June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Pakistan’s government is seen targeting a fiscal deficit of 7.7% for the 2023-24 fiscal year, a source told Reuters ahead of the finance minister’s budget speech on Friday, much wider than the current year’s original budget estimate of 4.9%.