Over 141,000 flood-hit people: UNDP with Japan’s $4.6m aid restore livelihoods ISLAMABAD: United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) with the financial support worth $4.6 million from Japan has... Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am
Print 18th Amendment has helped improve healthcare in provinces: Gilani ISLAMABD: Chairman Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that the 18th Constitutional Amendment played a crucial... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:17am
Print 44pc increase in revenue collection: KP has outclassed other provinces: CM PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has claimed that despite challenges, his government has outclassed... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 02:38pm
Markets Outsandings against provincial depts/entities: Power minister seeks CMs’ intervention for recovery ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has sought personal interventions of chief ministers... Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am
Print NFC award: govt official says IMF has attached no conditions ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing committee on Finance and Revenue, while observing increasing distortions in resources... Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:40am
Opinion Human development index of provinces The Population and Housing Census of 2023 has generated a lot of useful information on key indicators. The ... Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:43am
Opinion Minimum wage revisited Pakistan has an acceptable concept of minimum wage, just like many countries. The reason for imposing minimum wage ... Published 05 Dec, 2024 07:20am
Print Amendment to agri tax law: Provinces miss deadline ISLAMABAD: The federal government has admitted that the provincial governments have missed the deadline to amend... Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:12am
Print MoC asks provinces to prepare export growth roadmaps ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry has asked provincial governments to start advance deliberations for the development... Updated 28 Nov, 2024 09:20am
Business & Finance Govt tells World Bank: Agri tax legislation to be completed in next Jan ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, Tuesday, apprised the World Bank ... Published 27 Nov, 2024 06:44am
Pakistan PM reaffirms commitment to become polio-free country ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reaffirmed commitment to become a polio-free country, ... Published 21 Nov, 2024 05:51am
Print Wheat procurement: Body formed to prepare plan as per IMF terms ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee headed by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:03pm
Print IMF-govt talks conclude ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday concluded the five-day talks with a... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:04pm
Print NFP, agri tax review: Provincial govts to face IMF scrutiny today ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is set to question the provincial governments on Friday (Nov... Updated 15 Nov, 2024 09:20am
Print Five-year CPEC development plan: Ahsan calls for involving all provinces ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:20am
Business & Finance 1.4pc of GDP: Q1 ends with Rs1.696trn budget balance ISLAMABAD: The government closed first quarter of current fiscal year 2024-25 with overall budget balance of Rs1.696... Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am
Editorials Exporters and the IMF EDITORIAL: The Executive Committee of the National Export Development Board and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)... Published 31 Oct, 2024 07:01am
Print IMF briefed about array of reforms WASHINGTON: Pakistani delegation comprising Secretary Finance Imdad Ullah Bosal and Governor State Bank of Pakistan... Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:25am
Print Sindh launches Hari Card: Bilawal for equal provincial representation, judicial reforms KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has called for equal representation for... Updated 15 Oct, 2024 02:49pm
Pakistan Panel recommends govt to expand BISP BoD ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, Thursday, recommended the government to expand the Board of Directors (BoD) of the... Published 20 Sep, 2024 07:14am
Pakistan Punjab cabinet approves province’s first policy on climate change challenge LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet has approved the province’s first-ever comprehensive climate change policy and action... Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am
Pakistan Govt decides to expedite process of sending PWD projects to provinces ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has decided to expedite the process of... Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:10am
Editorials Driving development via local govts EDITORIAL: The declining trend witnessed in the funds allocated towards the Public Sector Development Programme... Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am
Pakistan ‘Maryam Nawaz becomes role model for other provinces’ LAHORE: Information Minister Punjab, Azma Bokhari, stated that Maryam Nawaz has become a role model for the other... Published 29 Aug, 2024 08:04am
Pakistan CJP seeks nomination of additional judges ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa has called on the chief justices of the High Courts of all the... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 09:24am
Print PakPWD closure: PM reviews legal aspects, final stages ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the legal aspects and final... Updated 26 Aug, 2024 09:23am
Pakistan ‘Maryam weighs heavily on nerves of Sindh, KP govts’: Azma LAHORE: Information Minister Punjab Azma Bokhari said on Wednesday that Maryam Nawaz has weighed heavily on the... Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:32am
Pakistan Ministries to provinces: Senate body recommends devolution ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Devolution, unanimously, recommended the devolution of the Federal ... Published 20 Aug, 2024 08:06am
Pakistan PM says AI ‘is the future’ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the provinces are getting 60 percent shares from the... Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:41am
Print Ahsan fears Rs200bn-400bn cut in PSDP outlay Says hands are tied as IMF is not ready to give any relaxation in its conditions Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:50pm
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept