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
Print Rs306bn authorised for PSDP projects ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has authorised Rs 305.96 billion (32.55... Updated 16 Jan, 2024 08:54am
Editorials Water: even big dams won’t be of much help EDITORIAL: It seems no amount or manner of serious warnings can jolt relevant authorities into treating the... Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am
Pakistan Senate body to decide PSM’s fate within 3 months ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production directed Ministry of Industries and Production to... Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am
Print Water woes to stay even after dam construction ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s water woes are unlikely to be over even after construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) in 2030... Updated 11 Jan, 2024 12:04pm
Print Alternative funding for PSDP: MoF all set to hire CEO for PDFL ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has decided to hire the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan Development Fund... Updated 09 Jan, 2024 08:42am
Business & Finance Loss-making SOEs: business community voices concerns ISLAMABAD: The business community while expressing grave concerns over the massive losses of around Rs1.4 trillion... Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am
Print SAP: govt disburses Rs409bn ISLAMABAD: The federal government is said to have allocated/ disbursed Rs409 billion with the highest Rs116 billion... Updated 06 Jan, 2024 05:19pm
Print Hydropower, transmission: Major projects face rupee cover issue ISLAMABAD: Major hydropower and transmission line projects are reportedly facing Rupee cover issues due to less... Updated 05 Jan, 2024 08:45am
Print Provincial projects: inclusion in PSDP banned Finance Ministry conveys to provincial governments that it is going to shelve hundreds of non-starter projects besides making it mandatory for provinces to share in fertiliser subsidy and BISP funding Updated 02 Jan, 2024 10:44am
Business & Finance CDWP approves 4 projects worth Rs11.15bn ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Part (CDWP) approved four development projects with a cost of Rs11.15... Updated 28 Dec, 2023 08:50am
Print Mega Karachi water supply project: Wapda chief reviews construction progress LAHROE: Chairman WAPDA Engr Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (retd) visited Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme (K-IV... Updated 25 Dec, 2023 07:27pm
