Govt to lay foundation stone of Lai Expressway soon: minister
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‘Govt committed to timely completion of WB-funded projects’
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Pakistan to get $10bn from ADB in five years
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Construction of Faisalabad Expo Centre to commence this year: Dawood
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Senate body decries delay in completion of Balochistan projects
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Western media’s CPEC report based on ‘distorted facts’: ministry
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform has
clarified a news article carried by some sections of international media titled
‘IMF won't stop China from...
Aviation Division to spend Rs1.26bn on airports’ uplift
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ADB approves $235m loan for Karachi’s BRT
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a
$235 million loan to help develop Karachi’s Bus Rapid Transit project.
According...
CDWP approves eight development projects worth Rs11bn
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP)
meeting, which was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Planning
Commission Deputy Chairman/Planning, Development & Reform...
NHA seeks Rs50bn ADB loan to rehabilitate N-5 highway, Senate told
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on
Communications was informed on Tuesday that the National Highway Authority
(NHA) had sought a loan of Rs50 billion...
Govt released Rs638.9bn for development projects in FY19
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Gwadar Master Plan to be finalised soon: minister
'A robust policy is being devised to transform the coastal city into a regional hub of trade and business activities'
ISLAMABAD: Planning, Development & Reform...
Special Economic Zones to get electricity, gas
The cost of providing these utilities to the economic zones would be met through the Cost of the provision of utilities to SEZs will be met through Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP)
President promulgates Naya Pakistan Housing, Development Authority Ordinance
The authority shall prepare feasibility studies for the development of schemes and determine the mode of development accordingly.
Rupee continues to tumble, down 3.1 per cent
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