Senate panel directs USC to ensure availability of kitchen items in Ramazan ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel Tuesday directed the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to ensure the availability of... Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:36am
Pakistan Increase in BISP stipend from March, says PM’s aide ISLAMABAD: Faisal Karim Kundi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation has stated that the... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am
Print World Bank willing to fund fan replacement plan ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has shown willingness to extend financing for government initiative to replace... Updated 05 Mar, 2023 01:44pm
Pakistan BISP enhances quarterly stipend by Rs2,000 ISLAMABAD: Faced with scathing criticism over its alleged failure to take adequate measures for addressing the... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Opinion Progressive fiscal policy The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said recently in the... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Pakistan Bilawal announces 25pc increase in BISP stipend KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said that there ... Published 26 Feb, 2023 03:27am
Pakistan 25pc increase in budget of BISP: Despite expectations, minister doesn’t disclose details ISLAMABAD: A day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a 25 per cent increase in the budget of the Benazir... Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Editorials Economic reforms EDITORIAL: The latest salvo to the country’s leadership urging them to tax the rich and provide subsidies only to... Published 22 Feb, 2023 03:30am
Pakistan Senate rejects two private bills ISLAMABAD: The federal government, Monday, refused to allow an increase in the stipend offered to deserving... 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 Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023: Senate adopts recommendations ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of the parliament saw a fiery debate on the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023, on Friday... Updated 18 Feb, 2023 09:00am
Pakistan Marri visits embassies of Turkiye, Syria ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support... Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am
Editorials Sehat Card Scheme: the bigger picture EDITORIAL: The Sehat Card, former prime minister Imran Khan’s flagship scheme, envisaging universal health for the... Published 15 Feb, 2023 06:27am
Pakistan USAID team meets Marri at Pak embassy in Washington ISLAMABAD: A delegation of USAID, headed by Michael Schiffer, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, called... Published 09 Feb, 2023 06:02am
Editorials The only way forward EDITORIAL: Credible media reports, local as well as international, indicate that there is a massive disconnect... Published 09 Feb, 2023 06:02am
Pakistan Sindh cabinet approves wheat procurement from March 15 KARACHI: The provincial cabinet has decided to start wheat procurement from March 15 at a rate of Rs4000 per 40 kg,... Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am
Opinion The mishandling of economy continues Finance Division in the January 2023 Economic Update/Outlook noted that fiscal deficit July-November 2022 was 1169... Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:20am
Pakistan Marri meets official in US: WB to augment aid to foster social protection strategies ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security, Shazia Marri held a meeting with Michal... Published 05 Feb, 2023 03:10am
Pakistan Kundi opens symposium on ‘promoting gender justice’ ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday inaugurated the... Published 03 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Pakistan BISP aims at forging financial resilience in women: Marri ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support... Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Pakistan Transgender persons included in BISP scheme: Govt will try to shield people from effects of IMF deal: minister KARACHI: Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri on Sunday said that the federal... Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am
Editorials BISP crackdown on ‘commission mafia’ EDITORIAL: In sheer deference to the late Benazir Bhutto, the then Pakistan People’s Party Prime Minister Yousuf... Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am
Print Flood-hit areas: Rs8.39bn subsidy to be provided to farmers ISLAMABAD: The government would disburse through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) cash subsidy of Rs 8.39... Updated 29 Jan, 2023 10:11am
Print Rs8.39bn cash subsidy for flood-hit farmers: ECC approves rise in MPs’ uplift funds to record Rs90bn ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has approved Rs8.39 billion to provide cash... Updated 26 Jan, 2023 09:14am
Pakistan BISP beneficiaries form long queues in front of ATMs LAHORE: The Auto Teller Machines (ATMs) of banks are flooded with long queues of the beneficiaries of Benazir Income... Published 22 Jan, 2023 03:08am
Pakistan Scheme-wise details of BISP’s budget shared with Senators ISLAMABAD: The annual budget of 364 billion rupees, allocated by the Finance Division for the Benazir Income Support... Published 14 Jan, 2023 06:22am
Pakistan Beneficiaries of BISP: PAC body to recover Rs19bn from govt employees’ spouses ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), on Thursday, constituted an inquiry committee of the Auditor General... Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:56am
Pakistan Beneficiaries of BISP: Govt has started making payments: Kundi ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi ... Published 11 Jan, 2023 05:53am
Pakistan Kafaalat programme: BISP to release first quarterly tranche today ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is going to release the first quarterly installment of Rs 7,000 ... Published 09 Jan, 2023 06:01am
Pakistan USC launches subsidy under PM’s Relief Package ISLAMABAD: The Utility Stores Corporation (USC) has launched targeted and untargeted subsidy for the convenience of... Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am