Notification issued: Contingency posts axed for cost savings: FD ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division notified that all contingency posts eliminated as part of efforts to reduce... Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:04am
Editorials Bengali’s resignation EDITORIAL: Noted and respected economist Kaiser Bengali’s decision to resign from the so-called austerity ... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:51am
Pakistan Bengali spells out reasons for his resignation KARACHI: Noted economist Dr Kaiser Bengali has resigned from the Austerity Committee (High-Powered Committee for... Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am
Editorials Senate panel’s skepticism EDITORIAL: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution presided over by Dr Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur expressed... Updated 12 Aug, 2024 07:23am
Print Traders reject advance income tax collection PESHAWAR: Traders community rejected advance income tax collection and termed it anti-businesses. Traders said they... Updated 12 Aug, 2024 09:25am
Print Ministries/divisions: MoF annoyed at absence of expense reconciliation Finance Ministry’s Expenditure Wing reiterates that purpose of reconciliation is to identify any mismatch with actual expenditure, wrong booking, or shortfall in funding under relevant head of account Updated 11 Apr, 2024 10:36am
Print IMF sees slight rise in govt expenditure ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected an increase of 0.6 per cent in the government... Updated 12 Oct, 2023 09:31am
Print Shamshad says not in position to entertain any expenditure request ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has said that lack of fiscal discipline, increasingly... Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:41am
Print 4-month budget: KP govt finalises expenditure proposals PESHAWAR: A high level meeting held here on Sunday with Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam... Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:11am
Print ECC informed: Spending on MPs’ schemes under SAP hits Rs111bn mark ISLAMABAD: With the approval of an additional Rs20 billion by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) amid tight... Updated 25 May, 2023 08:48am
Business & Finance Budget deficit: PIAF calls for controlling govt expenditure, high cost of debt servicing LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has called for keeping check on government... Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am
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
Business & Finance SPCCI calls for taking steps to end economic morass ISLAMABAD: The South Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industry members have urged the government to sail the country... Published 29 Jun, 2022 07:27am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points