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 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 PM gets seven more special assistants ISLAMABAD: Two weeks after the government constituted a 15-member committee on austerity measures, the size of Prime... Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:47am
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
Business & Finance NBP president’s slot: Name proposed by FD not approved by Cabinet ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet did not approve the candidate proposed by the Finance Division for appointment of the... Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am
Print Policy-level talks with IMF begin today ISLAMABAD: Technical-level talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team are said to have... Updated 07 Feb, 2023 08:40am