Tag: budget

Budget’s approval is Opp’s defeat: Firdous

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday stated that the federal budget 2019-20 was a...

Ruckus in parliament disappoints CJP Khosa

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the prolonged commotion in the National Assembly on the issue of...

Sindh govt raises salaries, pensions by 15pc

KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced at least a 15 per cent raise in the salaries of the employees from grade-1 to grade-22 while...

Sindh govt earmarks Rs109.788bn for law and order, 3,000 new jobs  

KARACHI: The Sindh government has allocated at least Rs 109.788  billion for maintaining law and order situation in the province and to make recruitment of...

Ruckus in House as Opp members reject Punjab budget

LAHORE: The opposition members in the Punjab Assembly on Friday disrupted the session by tearing the copies of the provincial budget for the financial year...

Govt releases Rs725.697m under PSDP 2018-19 for food security

ISLAMABAD: The federal government had released Rs 725.697million for various agriculture and livestock sectors uplift projects of Ministry of National Food Security and Research under...

Firdous terms PML-N ‘unskilled, incompetent’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan termed the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) an ‘incompetent and unskilled’ party. Giving her reaction...

Fawad happy on increment in Science and Technology budget

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan and cabinet for allocating Rs43 billion for projects related to Science and...

Rs456m earmarked for Defence Division

ISLAMABAD: The federal government also earmarked Rs 456 million for different ongoing and new development schemes of Defence Division under the PSDP 2019-20. According to...

Rs1bn earmarked for Kartarpur corridor

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has earmarked Rs1,000 million for the development of Kartarpur in the Federal Budget 2019-20. The funds will be used...

Rs7.5bn allocated for climate change

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs7579.200 million for various new and ongoing schemes of the Climate Change Division under the Public...

Major allocations made for CPEC projects in PSDP

ISLAMABAD: The Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2019-2020 presented for next financial year carries substantial amount for carrying out the CPEC related projects, including an...

Rs69,678m earmarked for water projects

ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs69,678.359 million for various ongoing and new water resources projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for next fiscal year...

Rs200m allocated for poverty alleviation

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs.200.000 million for various new and ongoing schemes of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division...

Hafeez Shaikh likely to be appointed as finance minister to present...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to appoint his adviser on finance, Dr Hafeez Shaikh as the federal minister for finance as the latter...

PM House allocated around Rs1.9bn during last five years

ISLAMABAD: Approximately Rs 1.9754 billion was allocated for the Prime Minister’s House for expenditure during the past five years, Online reported. Moreover, Rs 290.69 million was...