Print Austerity plan: PM orders constitution of monitoring body ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to establish a monitoring committee on the implementation of... Updated 24 Feb, 2023 08:49am
Print Govt announces steps to correct fiscal imbalances Ministers, advisers to forgo pays and perks Cabinet members to pay utility bills out of their own pockets Travel only in economy class and no stay in 5-star hotels Updated 23 Feb, 2023 09:18am
Print PM directs operationalisation of Haveli power plant ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that steps should be taken immediately to make the Haveli... Updated 22 Feb, 2023 09:07am
Print Staff-level pact with IMF anytime soon: MoS Aisha ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Aisha Ghaus Pasha has stated that almost all the prior actions of the... Updated 22 Feb, 2023 09:03am
Print Briefing on IMF programme: NA panel irked by Dar’s absence ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance has expressed its displeasure over the... Updated 22 Feb, 2023 08:47am
Pakistan Federal secretariat, ICT: Executive allowance for officers notified ISLAMABAD: The federal government notified on Monday grant of executive allowance to officers of BSP 17-22 working ... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Print BISP urges ECC to give it Rs40bn more ISLAMABAD: The government has provided Rs48 billion so far to the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), ... Updated 21 Feb, 2023 08:53am
Print Dar presents Rs170bn tax measures Blames previous government and last year’s devastating floods for the current economic situation Updated 16 Feb, 2023 09:00am
Business & Finance To be presented in parliament today: Cabinet approves Finance Supplementary Bill ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Federal Cabinet has approved the Finance Supplementary Bill 2023 to be presented in the... Published 15 Feb, 2023 07:20am
Pakistan Pay of federal govt employees: Grant of special dispensation allowed with retrospective effect ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has notified special dispensation for the federal government employees from pay ... Published 15 Feb, 2023 06:27am
Print Gas prices hiked ISLAMABAD: The government has increased up to 124 percent in the gas prices for domestic consumers from January 1,... Updated 14 Feb, 2023 09:08am
Pakistan Pay, pension to PCCC staff: ECC body yet to come up with any option ISLAMABAD: A body constituted by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet with respect to suggestion... Updated 14 Feb, 2023 07:25am
Print Uplift schemes in Cantt Boards: ECC approves Rs450m grant for defence ministry ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved a Technical Supplementary Grant... Updated 12 Feb, 2023 09:43am
Print Increase in price of Paracetamol okayed ECC also approves circular debt management plan, extra surcharge on power Updated 11 Feb, 2023 09:03am
Print IMF-govt talks give birth to ‘mini-budget’ Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says government has agreed to impose Rs170 billion in additional taxes Updated 11 Feb, 2023 05:15pm
Print Stalled IMF bailout remains locked Staff-level agreement to be reached subsequently after approval by Washington Updated 10 Feb, 2023 08:59am
Print IMF talks: ‘Some understanding’ reached: MoS Pasha ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha has stated that some understanding has been reached... Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:42am
Print First six months: Fiscal deficit swells to 2pc of GDP ISLAMABAD: Fiscal deficit has been recorded at two per cent of the GDP or Rs1,683 billion during the first six ... Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:41am
Print Most of country’s PSEs ripe for sale or closure? PM for expediting sell-off process Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:51am
Print PM forms body to activate STZA ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee to activate the Special Technology Zones Authority... Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:44am