Punjab cabinet approves province’s first policy on climate change challenge LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet has approved the province’s first-ever comprehensive climate change policy and action... Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am
Pakistan Govt decides to expedite process of sending PWD projects to provinces ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has decided to expedite the process of... Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:10am
Editorials Driving development via local govts EDITORIAL: The declining trend witnessed in the funds allocated towards the Public Sector Development Programme... Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am
Pakistan ‘Maryam Nawaz becomes role model for other provinces’ LAHORE: Information Minister Punjab, Azma Bokhari, stated that Maryam Nawaz has become a role model for the other... Published 29 Aug, 2024 08:04am
Pakistan CJP seeks nomination of additional judges ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa has called on the chief justices of the High Courts of all the... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 09:24am
Print PakPWD closure: PM reviews legal aspects, final stages ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the legal aspects and final... Updated 26 Aug, 2024 09:23am
Pakistan ‘Maryam weighs heavily on nerves of Sindh, KP govts’: Azma LAHORE: Information Minister Punjab Azma Bokhari said on Wednesday that Maryam Nawaz has weighed heavily on the... Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:32am
Pakistan Ministries to provinces: Senate body recommends devolution ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Devolution, unanimously, recommended the devolution of the Federal ... Published 20 Aug, 2024 08:06am
Pakistan PM says AI ‘is the future’ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the provinces are getting 60 percent shares from the... Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:41am
Print Ahsan fears Rs200bn-400bn cut in PSDP outlay Says hands are tied as IMF is not ready to give any relaxation in its conditions Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:50pm
Business & Finance Coordination of provincial economic policies discussed ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Planning and all provincial planning ministers discussed strategies about ... Published 25 Jul, 2024 06:57am
Pakistan Transfer of PSDP projects to provinces discussed ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives discussed the transfer of Public Sector... Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:38am
Print $13.3bn needed for universal power access: World Bank ISLAMABAD: The total capital investment required to achieve universal electricity access in four provinces of... Updated 24 Jul, 2024 09:06am
Business & Finance Promotion of solar energy top priority: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that promotion of solar energy in the energy sector is the... Published 13 Jul, 2024 06:13am
Print Taxing agriculture income: Understanding with provinces reached, claims Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that the size of the new International Monetary Fund... Updated 12 Jul, 2024 08:47am
Opinion Moving the capital back to Karachi To save Jinnah’s Pakistan, voices are being raised to move the capital back to his city from where the journey had... Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:52am
Pakistan Federal govt urged to abolish health, education ministries ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution termed the recreation of Health and Education Ministries a... Published 09 Jul, 2024 06:54am
Print Digitization: Centre asks provinces to provide tax data to Nadra ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reportedly asked all provinces to provide complete tax data to NADRA (National... Updated 15 Jun, 2024 04:22pm
Print Jul-Mar period: Provinces’ spending jumps 23pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The provinces’ development spending under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) during the first... Updated 07 Jun, 2024 09:43am
Print Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces Government left with only 42.5 percent from divisible pool with interest payments and circular energy debt no longer sustainable Updated 25 May, 2024 08:29pm
Business & Finance Services by provinces: Jul-Mar GST collection soars 23pc to Rs353.223bn YoY ISLAMABAD: There has been an increase of 23 percent in the collection of sales tax on services (GST) by the ... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
Print PM asks Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit for provinces ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:26am
Print 9MFY24 collection: Provinces given 53pc of total revenue under NFC Award ISLAMABAD: The provinces were transferred 53 percent of the total tax revenue collected during the first nine months... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:31am
Print MoI&P asked to settle impasse with provinces: Selling ‘un-needed’ imported urea becomes new headache for govt ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has directed the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) to settle impasse... Updated 01 Apr, 2024 08:45am
Pakistan PML-N, PPP make fresh attempt to hand Discos over to provinces LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have reattempted to hand... Published 21 Mar, 2024 06:11am
Opinion Re-aligning NFC: coalition govt faces a challenge from within Reportedly, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has requested resumption of dialogue on the National Finance... Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am
Print Six months: Centre transfers Rs2,435.349bn to provinces ISLAMABAD: The federal government has transferred Rs2,435.349 billion to the provinces during the first six months... Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:14am
Print PTI chairman says his party will form govts in Centre, KP and Punjab ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday claimed that the party would... Updated 11 Feb, 2024 02:07pm
Business & Finance Provinces: H1FY24 sales tax collection on services increases by 23.44pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The sales tax on services collection by the provinces has increased by 23.44 percent during the first six... Updated 06 Feb, 2024 09:05am
Print Q1: Provinces’ budget surplus dips 76pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The provinces have generated a budget surplus of Rs51.403 billion in the first quarter of the ongoing... Updated 09 Dec, 2023 04:34pm