Sindh cuts development budget by 30pc Published 18 Jun, 2026 05:37am KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced a 30 percent reduction in its development budget for the next fiscal...
Provinces propose Rs3.138trn combined development outlay Updated 05 Jun, 2026 09:21am ISLAMABAD: The provinces have proposed a combined development outlay of Rs3.138 trillion for fiscal year 2026-27,...
Minister pledges record development budget Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am LAHORE: Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Bilal Yasin announced on Monday that the provincial government...
PM tells ministries funding linked to performance Published 19 May, 2026 06:02am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday took a hard line with federal ministries, warning that those...
Govt provides Rs129bn in relief to the masses: PM Published 01 Apr, 2026 07:34am ISLAMABAD: In an effort to shield ordinary citizens from rising fuel costs, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on...
PM seeks to justify cuts in expenditures, development budget Updated 31 Mar, 2026 09:00am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the government expenditures have been cut, the development...
Poverty & economic inequality escalate in 7-year span: Ahsan Updated 21 Feb, 2026 09:35am ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan’s poverty rate has increased under the...
PSDP shrinks to just 0.8% of GDP now: minister Updated 17 Sep, 2025 09:18am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal said the Public Sector...
AJK govt unveils Rs310.2bn ‘tax-free’ budget Published 19 Jun, 2025 05:53am MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday unveiled the annual budget with a record outlay of...
Punjab cabinet approves development budget worth Rs1240bn Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, approved budget 2025-26, with a...
Rs80bn development budget proposed for agriculture Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am LAHORE: The Punjab government has proposed a sum of Rs 80 billion as the development budget for agriculture, aiming...
Sindh sets record with Rs1trn development budget for FY26 Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am KARACHI: Despite mounting fiscal pressures, the Sindh government has allocated a record-breaking development budget...
Development outlay soars 50pc to Rs4.2trn in 2 years: minister Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:25am ISLAMABAD: Federal Minster for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan’s...
FPCCI worried over cut in uplift budget Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:14am KARACHI: President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Atif Ikram Sheikh has said that...
PSDP: MoF approves Rs1.1trn against Rs2.9trn demand Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance approved Rs1.1 trillion development budget under the Public Sector Development...
Senate panel discusses development budget of AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan was informed that every year Azad Jammu...
PSDP 2024-25: Ministries’ Rs2.9trn request pruned to Rs1.1trn Updated 25 Oct, 2024 03:18pm Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal directs Economic Affairs Division to come up with a realistic demand of budget in consultation with respective ministries/divisions
Rs950bn development budget: Efficient utilization needed: CS Sindh Published 20 Sep, 2024 07:26am HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Asif Haider Shah emphasized the need for efficient utilization of the Rs950...
CDWP approves 5 projects worth Rs15.35bn Published 04 Sep, 2024 06:38am ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) cleared eight development projects at cost of Rs144.3 ...
MoF unveils fund release strategy: No office can make direct payments through SBP Updated 17 Jul, 2024 04:32pm ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has banned direct payment through the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by any office,...
Development budget: FD unveils strategy for release of funds Updated 13 Jul, 2024 08:51am ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has issued a strategy for release of funds for development budget for financial year...
Don’t slash PSDP allocations Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am Expectedly, the axe seems to have fallen on the country’s development budget as, according to media reports,...
Development budget, PSDP: PM directs setting up of Ahsan-led panel Updated 16 May, 2024 09:02am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that a cabinet committee to be headed by the Minister for...
Q4 of CFY: authorisation of Rs10.056bn approved for Power Division Updated 10 May, 2024 09:24am Authorisation made considering simplified release procedure approved by the ECNEC and release strategy 2023-24 of Finance Division
Development budget: Ministry decides to ban allocation of fund for ERRA Updated 11 Apr, 2024 10:36am ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has decided to ban allocation of funds for...
New ministers of Sindh cabinet greeted: KATI president urges CM to allocate development budgets Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am KARACHI: Johar Qandhari, President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), congratulated the newly...
Development budget: NEC approves suggestions of SIFC apex body Updated 30 Jan, 2024 08:47am ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the recommendations of the Apex Committee of the Special...
PSDP is unaffordable: IMF Updated 18 Nov, 2023 08:49pm ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of...
Development: NEC approves ‘megabudget’ Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:09am ISLAMABAD: In a significant development for the country’s economic landscape, National Economic Council (NEC) held a...
Budget places emphasis on ‘growth-inducing’ sectors: PM Shehbaz Published 12 Jun, 2023 03:56pm Says procurement of crude oil from Russia is part of energy security plan