A not so meaty affair
In what is so far the highest difference between floor price and strike price (Rs52) in the last five years, AlShaheer Corporation...
World Bank upgrades rating of BISP as `Highly Satisfactory’
World Bank has upgraded the rating of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) as `Highly Satisfactory', Economic Survey 2016-17 has revealed.
According to the...
Crude petroleum exports reach $5.889m in July-March 2016-17
The year-on-year exports of petroleum (crude) increased by 47.49 percent during the month of March 2017 as compared to the same month...
Budget 2017-18: E-payment gateway to be launched by SBP at cost of Rs200m
The budget presented by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday for financial year 2017-18 has introduced certain measures for the benefit of...
Finance Minister directs Food ministry to act against price hikers
The Minister for Finance Muhammad Ishaq Dar here on Saturday said that he had directed the ministry of National Food Security and...
SECP, SBP form regulatory council to strengthen financial stability
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) signed a letter of understanding (LOU) the...
PM would soon announce Karachi package, says Sindh governor
Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would soon visit Karachi and announce a Karachi Package, while a...
PML-N govt will make next budget too: Dar
Finance minister grilled over huge reduction of duties on poultry
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, who presented the fifth budget on Friday, claimed...
Government to bag Rs837bn in foreign assistance during FY 2017-18Â
by Shah Nawaz Mohal
 Provinces will take loans, grants of Rs195bn, autonomous bodies like WAPDA, PEPCO, NHA will borrow Rs141bn
The government of...
Rs 8bn allocated in loans to low-income segments through microfinance banks
In order to increase access to financial services for the vast majority of the people, the government has announced a National Financial...
Rs16.79 billion allocated for development division
ISLAMABAD: Public Sector Development Programme 2017-18 has allocated Rs 16.79 billion to Planning, Development and Reform Division for a total 34 schemes,...
Government to present an unprecedented Rs1t development budget: PM
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said his government would present an unprecedented Rs1t development budget for the next year, as it sincerely believed in...
NEPRA approves reduction in power tariff of Rs 1.96/unit
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday approved Rs1.96/unit reduction in the power tariff under fuel price adjustment for the...
Public health system improved during 2016-17: Economic Survey
According to an Economic Survey of Pakistan 2016-17 announced by Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Muhammad Ishaq Dar in a...
Literacy rate falls by 2pc: Economic survey 2016-17
In the Economic Survey 2016-17, it was reported that the literacy rate had fallen by 2pc this financial year (FY) 2016-17. According to...