Provincial nature PSDP projects: Centre decides to make it mandatory for provinces to share 50pc cost ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government has reportedly decided to make it mandatory for the provinces to share... Updated 25 Sep, 2023 09:33am
Opinion Balochistan falls behind Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the... Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am
Opinion The population bulge The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am
Print Provinces, LEAs to be taken on board: PM asks power sector to act against defaulters ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has asked the power sector to take immediate action against... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 09:59am
Pakistan President approves reconstitution of NEC ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has approved the reconstitution of the National Economic Council (NEC) – a... Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am
Markets Transfer of DISCOs to provinces: PC asks govt to revisit uniform tariff ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission has proposed the government to revisit the uniform tariff prior to the... Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am
Print Energy ministry (PD): ECC approves Rs2.275bn TSG for uplift schemes’ execution ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved Technical Supplementary Grant (TSG)... Updated 30 Jul, 2023 09:55am
Business & Finance PAC chairman for lifting ban on opening new petrol pumps ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman, Noor Alam Khan on Friday reiterated that the committee’s... Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am
Pakistan Senate panel puts on hold two bills seeking ‘new provinces’ ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, on Tuesday, unanimously, decided that two ... Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am
Print ECNEC approves Rs377bn agri tube-well solarisation plan ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved “Prime Minister’s... Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:50am
Print Provincialisation of Discos: PC frames ToRs for transaction advisor ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission (PC) has reportedly framed Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the Transaction... Updated 27 Jun, 2023 09:00am
Print ECC approves Rs250bn to adjust excessive spending by provinces ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved Rs250 billion to adjust excessive... Updated 24 Jun, 2023 08:55am
Business & Finance 18th Amendment has weakened federation financially, claims PBF LAHORE: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) says eighteenth amendment financially weakened the federation in the name of... Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am
Pakistan Senate panel recommends scrapping allocation for devolved ministries ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday unanimously recommended not to allocate a budget in the upcoming federal budget... Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am
Print Pakistan’s population attains new mark amid economic slump Reaches 249,566,743 (249.566 million), as per the initial results of the seventh national and first digital census 2023 Updated 23 May, 2023 11:31am
Editorials Embittered Miftah has a point EDITORIAL: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail’s idea of creating more provinces by giving each division the... Updated 23 May, 2023 07:09am
Print Budget measures regarding new housing societies: FBR, provinces to document ‘plot file’ trading ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and provinces will take measures in the coming budget (2023-24) to... Updated 17 May, 2023 11:20am
Print Centre mulling handing Discos over to provinces ISLAMABAD: The federal government is mulling over to hand power Distribution Companies (Discos) to respective... Updated 13 May, 2023 08:53am
Print Transportation services or carriage of goods thru roads: Provinces notify formula for sales tax ISLAMABAD: All four provinces have notified that the amount of sales tax would be equally shared by those provinces... Updated 17 Apr, 2023 08:49am
Print Devolved ministries: Federal govt’s spending soars to 0.6pc of GDP Increases from 0.4 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2009 to 0.6 percent of GDP in the fiscal year 2022 Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:50am
Print Centre-provinces declaration: Power transmission will be treated as ‘service’ from July 1 ISLAMABAD: The federal government and provinces have declared that the transmission of electricity would be treated... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:45am
Pakistan PBS tells provinces to stop census staff from using social media ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has taken serious note of social media usage by officials during... Published 21 Mar, 2023 07:14am
Following $600mn Ambani wedding, India has set the stage for its next growth phase, Pakistan is still lost
Following $600mn Ambani wedding, India has set the stage for its next growth phase, Pakistan is still lost
Following $600mn Ambani wedding, India has set the stage for its next growth phase, Pakistan is still lost