NEC to approve development plan, growth target today ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) meeting has been convened today (Monday) to consider and approve... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 09:23am
Pakistan APCC yet to finalise PSDP for NHA ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) is yet to finalise the Public Sector Development Programme... Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am
Print FD agrees to provide Rs1.2trn for FY25 PSDP ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has agreed to provide Rs1.2 trillion for the next fiscal year Public Sector... Updated 08 Jun, 2024 08:53am
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
Editorials Injudicious use of development outlay EDITORIAL: The disarray marring Pakistan’s development agenda was laid bare recently by the planning ministry as ... Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am
Opinion Don’t slash PSDP allocations Expectedly, the axe seems to have fallen on the country’s development budget as, according to media reports,... Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am
Print Govt slashes PSDP by Rs204bn ISLAMABAD: The government has slashed the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the ongoing fiscal year by... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 07:26pm
Print APCC approves Rs1221bn federal PSDP ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) has approved Rs1,221 billion federal PSDP for the next... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 02:03pm
Print PSDP 2024-25: Ministry sends Rs215.998bn provisional IBC for PD ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has conveyed the provisional Indicative... Updated 31 May, 2024 09:00am
Print Monthly Economic Update and Outlook of EAW: Credit to private sector declines 39.7pc YoY Finance Ministry states that expenditures remained under significant pressure due to rising mark-up payments Updated 30 May, 2024 09:31am
Print 2nd circuit stringing from Jiwani to Gwadar: ECC approves TSG worth Rs2.217bn ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved a technical supplementary grant... Updated 30 May, 2024 09:27am
Print Development budget, PSDP: PM directs setting up of Ahsan-led panel ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that a cabinet committee to be headed by the Minister for... Updated 16 May, 2024 09:02am
Print Budgeted allocation for PSDP projects: Planning ministry authorises Rs507.98bn ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has authorised Rs507.98 billion (54... Updated 11 May, 2024 09:45am
Print PSDP’s FIIP: Finance Division to hire project director ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has decided to hire a project director for the Public Sector Development... Updated 21 Apr, 2024 09:20am
Opinion Ending hopium—II SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) and the last Caretaker Government had taken the elephant steps on... Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am
Print Development budget: Ministry decides to ban allocation of fund for ERRA ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has decided to ban allocation of funds for... Updated 11 Apr, 2024 10:36am
Business & Finance KP depts pledge strict compliance with ST Regulations PESHAWAR: Secretaries of Communication and Works Department and Energy and Power Department announced to ensure... Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am
Print Expenditure: Higher mark-up payments putting significant pressure: Finance ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has stated that higher mark-up payments are putting significant pressure on... Updated 01 Mar, 2024 09:06am
Print Ministry issues guidelines for PSDP 2024-25 ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has issued guidelines for Public Sector... Updated 28 Feb, 2024 08:56am
Print Ban on vehicles, machinery, equipment buying imposed ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has imposed a ban on purchase of vehicles, machinery, and equipment, and creation of... Updated 28 Feb, 2024 08:56am
Print 1H: Provincial PSDP spending rises 19pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The development spending (PSDP) of the provincial governments has increased by over 19 per cent during... Updated 24 Feb, 2024 09:47am
Print Austerity steps approved by PM ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar approved a number of austerity measures to stop unnecessary... Updated 23 Feb, 2024 09:36am
Print Foreign-funded projects: EAD seeks budget/revised estimates Economic Affairs Division holds meeting to review hydropower and transmission line projects which are reportedly facing rupee cover issues Updated 22 Feb, 2024 09:54am
Opinion Pakistan’s economy – way forward for 2024-25 Further to my article in Business Recorder in February 2023 titled “Redefining Pakistan’s Economy” that entailed a... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Opinion Budgetary outcome in first half of FY24 The information on the fiscal operations by the federal and the provincial governments in the first half of 2023-24... Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am
Editorials State of the economy EDITORIAL: The January Outlook and Update uploaded on the Finance Division website claims that “the first half of... Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am
Business & Finance CDWP clears four projects worth Rs138.66bn ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has cleared four development projects with a total cost of... Updated 02 Feb, 2024 09:23am
Print Challenges of inflation persist: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has said the challenges of inflation persist in the forms of supply chain... Updated 01 Feb, 2024 08:58am
Print SBA review: Punjab govt held responsible for Rs115bn unbudgeted spending ISLAMABAD: The government claims it has taken measures to curtail expenditure but held the Punjab government... Updated 23 Jan, 2024 09:46am
Print PMIC takes notice of delays in PSDP projects ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC), Brig. Muzaffar Ali Ranjha (retd) has taken... Updated 20 Jan, 2024 10:08am
