Oil, gas royalties: KP to receive Rs.31bn PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will receive an estimated amount of Rs.31 billion from the... Published 16 Jun, 2022 06:03am
Print Provinces to be asked to share subsidy burden Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin chairs meeting of Economic Coordination Committee Updated 23 Feb, 2022 09:59am
Print MoF and SBP oppose move: Senate panel approves Banking Cos (Amend) Bill In the bill, it was proposed to impose one-million-rupee fine and one year punishment for refusal to provide banking facilities to consumers on the ground of politically-exposed person (PEP) Updated 19 Feb, 2022 01:55pm
Pakistan Rs129.7bn allocated for merged districts of FATA ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Frontier Regions was informed that a total of Rs129.7 billion has been... Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am
Pakistan PSP chief demands Sindh govt transfer money to the grassroots KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday said that the most important point of the PSP’s... Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am
Opinion ‘Mini-budget’: Where are provinces? In one of his articles for this newspaper noted economist Dr Hafiz Pasha had argued, among other things, that... Published 01 Jan, 2022 04:07am
Pakistan FBR nominates senior official to coordinate with NAB ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has appointed a senior official to liaise/coordinate with the National... Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am
Editorials Improved fiscal operations EDITORIAL: The summary of consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations 2021-22 for the first quarter of the... Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am
Print Govt curtails powers of NAB, gives FBR real teeth ISLAMABAD: The federal government has withdrawn powers and jurisdiction of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)... Updated 07 Oct, 2021 09:54am
Opinion Need for National Tax Academy—I On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and... Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am
Pakistan Tarin irked by provinces' 'lack of interest' in social safety nets ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday lambasted the provinces for their lack of interest in social... Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:20am
Pakistan Grants to merged districts of tribal areas: Senate panel expresses its dissatisfaction over briefing ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel, on Tuesday, expressed dissatisfaction over the briefing by the Finance Division on what ... Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:20am
Pakistan Divisible Pool funds for merged districts of KP: Senate panel unhappy as MoF yet to apprise about allocation ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel Monday expressed displeasure at the Ministry of Finance for not sending its representative... Published 10 Aug, 2021 04:39am
Pakistan Senate panel for taking 'delay in NFC Award' as agenda item of CCI ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), Friday, deliberated on the issue of... Published 10 Jul, 2021 03:42am
Pakistan Financial corruption: Farooq Sattar demands probe against Sindh govt KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) senior leader and head of Organization Restoration Committee ... Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am
Print Fiscal Responsibility, Debt Limitation (Amend) Bill introduced: Limiting stock of govt guarantees at 10pc of GDP proposed ISLAMABAD: The federal government introduced “The Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation (Amendment) Bill,... Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am
Business & Finance Taxation system: FPCCI to discuss significant changes today ISLAMABAD: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) will discuss significant fundamental... Updated 30 Apr, 2021 10:30am
Editorials Inducting Tarin into ‘IK XI’ is a good bet EDITORIAL: Shaukat Tarin as a key member of the newly-constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) would be the de... Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:23am
Print 10th NFC Award: Seven sub-groups formed to prepare recommendations ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the 10 NFC Award has formulated seven sub- groups with the direction to present... Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am
Opinion Informal banking: economic coercion Pakistan is a country of contradictions. When we count the population for the purposes of allocation of seats in the... Published 18 Feb, 2021 04:08am
Opinion FBR performance under the spotlight The present team of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) deserves appreciation for showing noteworthy performance during... Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:48pm
Print Infrastructure, other development funds: NA adopts motion for forming ‘special’ body ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a motion for constituting a Special Committee of the House for... Updated 03 Feb, 2021 09:12am
Pakistan Water, drainage, road and transport sectors: Provincial, federal govts start different projects in Karachi: CM KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that with the coordinated efforts, the provincial and the... Updated 17 Jan, 2021 09:32am