Coronavirus vaccination in all provinces begins today ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Chairman Asad Umar Tuesday announced starting coronavirus... Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am
Pakistan Vaccine drive in provincial capitals to start tomorrow: Asad Umar Asad Umar said the frontline health workers would receive the vaccine on priority. Published 02 Feb, 2021 07:38pm
Pakistan COVID-19 vaccination drive to kick off today in presence of PM: Asad Umar Umar said the national vaccination campaign will begin in the provincial capitals from tomorrow. At least, 300,000 frontline health workers have been registered through a digital system. Updated 02 Feb, 2021 07:13pm
Pakistan Development plan: All districts of Sindh to be included: Umar SUKKUR: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Monday said a huge... Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am
Print Khattak’s statement, PML-N may be taken up: Cabinet to discuss economy today ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (Feb 2) with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the... Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am
Print CPEC projects: Ministers concerned at slow progress ISLAMABAD: Top Federal Government's Ministers have reportedly expressed concerns at the slow progress of projects... Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am
Pakistan Asad declares youth's participation important in decision making The minister said that youth had played an important role for a real change in the country. Published 01 Feb, 2021 09:30pm
Pakistan Federal development projects: Sindh govt creating hurdles: Umar KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday said that the local... Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:06am
Print PAF aircraft leaves for Beijing to collect Covid-19 vaccine ISLAMABAD: A special aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Sunday left for China to bring the first tranche of... Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am
Pakistan CPI based inflation rate eases to 5.7pc in January: Asad Umar He said in July 2018, the CPI based monthly inflation was 5.8 percent and core inflation was 7.6 percent. Published 31 Jan, 2021 08:10pm
Pakistan Sindh LG system not in accordance with spirit of constitution: Asad Umar He said that local government elections will be held this year and the elections will be held under the new system. Published 31 Jan, 2021 07:45pm
Pakistan Inflation continues to decline in the country: Asad Umar He said during current month inflation on Consumer Price Index is down to 5.7 percent, while the Core Inflation is at 5.4 percent. Published 31 Jan, 2021 07:20pm
Pakistan Asad invites all political parties to sit together for discussing electoral reforms He said the opposition parties are opposing the proposed bill which reflects that they are not sincere for holding transparent elections. Published 31 Jan, 2021 07:19pm
Print Continuation of subsidy on 5 essential items allowed: Gwadar coal power project agreements approved by ECC ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved implementation agreement,... Updated 29 Jan, 2021 09:38am
Print NCOC announces reopening of educational institutes ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), after a detailed discussion with all the stakeholders ... Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am
Print Govt to start Covid-19 vaccination drive next week: Umar ISLAMABAD: Government will launch its Covid-19 vaccination drive next week, starting with front-line health workers,... Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am
Pakistan Pakistan to start COVID-19 vaccination drive next week China has pledged to donate 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine made by the Chinese firm SinoPharm. Pakistan has so far approved two vaccines for emergency use, one made by China National Pharmaceutical Group (SinoPharm) and the other by AstraZeneca. "There's going to be an accumulation of vaccines, a consortium available, there's going to be Chinese vaccines, there's going to be AstraZeneca." Published 27 Jan, 2021 09:14pm
Pakistan Representatives of PTI Karachi meet PM Imran Khan Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar and SAPM on Political * Affairs Malik Amir Dogar were also present during the meeting. Issues of their respective constituencies were raised during the sitting as well as their solutions and uplift projects for the metropolitan. Updated 27 Jan, 2021 08:50pm
Pakistan Universities across Pakistan to reopen from February 1: NCOC The decision was made during the session of the NCOC which was chaired by Asad Umar on Wednesday. The stakeholders were also consulted during the session regarding the complete resumption of academic activities in the educational institutions. Updated 27 Jan, 2021 06:38pm
Pakistan CPEC: Meeting reviews progress on various projects ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on CPEC (CCoCPEC) has asked the concerned ministries to bring before ... Updated 27 Jan, 2021 09:54am
Pakistan Inflation down to 6.4pc in December, expected to decrease further in coming months, Cabinet told The participants were told that the exchange rate was stable whereas the country’s stock market was at the highest level after April 2018. Published 26 Jan, 2021 11:13pm
Pakistan Cabinet Committee on CPEC reviews progress of mega projects Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar chaired the meeting of the committee. Published 26 Jan, 2021 09:00pm
Pakistan Sindh govt, LEAs cooperated with heirs of Kareema Baloch: minister KARACHI: Sindh government, Rangers and other law enforcement agencies have fully cooperated with the heirs of Late... Updated 26 Jan, 2021 09:57am
Print RLNG supply to KE's new unit: PD directed to play role in signing of pact ISLAMAABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) has directed Petroleum Division (PD) to play its role in... Updated 25 Jan, 2021 10:04am
Print Govt decides to hold ‘final’ round: K-Electric faces prospect of re-privatisation? ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has reportedly decided to hold "final" round of talks with the KE's top brass to... Updated 24 Jan, 2021 10:10am
Print Discos’ unified base tariff hiked: Rs200bn impact calculated; IMF has no qualms ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government on Thursday announced an increase in the unified base tariff of power Distribution... Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am
Print Gas supply for captive power generation: CCoE approves Petroleum Division’s proposal ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) has approved the proposal of Petroleum Division for... Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am
Print Projects, including phase-I of K-IV, approved by Ecnec ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved over Rs251... Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am
Pakistan Asad terms PTI govt performance outstanding, marvelous The minister said the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had left fragile economy by taking huge foreign loans. Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:10pm
Pakistan All federal ministries: NEC panel directs setting up of technical bodies/working groups ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) directed ... Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am
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