Tag: budget

Sindh CM announces raise in salaries, pensions for public sector employees

KARACHI: The Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah in its budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year announced a 10% interim raise in salaries of public...

Nothing allocated in budget for controlling population, says PPP

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Wednesday continued debate on the Federal Budget 2018-19, with Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Rukhsana Zubairi saying that nothing had been allocated...

LHC moved to declare PML-N’s sixth budget illegal

LAHORE: A petition seeking to declare unlawful the presentation of the full-year federal budget 2018-19 by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in closing...

Budget debate not MPs’ cup of tea

-Opposition slams govt over massive foreign loans, unachieved targets of previous years ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday witnessed lack of interest from lawmakers in the budget debate...

An unsurprising Rs5.9tr populist budget

Govt raises defence spending to Rs1.1tr, as budget outlay witnesses 16.2% increase than last year 10% ad-hoc relief allowance proposed for civil and armed forces...

Govt allocates Rs 802 million for Climate Change Division

ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs 802.699 million for climate change division under a Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the financial year 2018-19. According...

Rs 30.734bn allocated for 57 health projects in budget

Rs 1317.752 million allocated for new hospitals ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday allocated Rs 30,734.498 million for Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and...

Opp shames govt for letting ‘un-elected’ Miftah present budget

Opposition members stage walkout to protect ‘sanctity of vote’, as PTI's Murad Saeed and PML-N's Abid Sher reach out for each other's throats PM...

Federal govt allocates Rs24,207mn for Interior Division under PSDP

Rs 12,527.618 mn allocated for 40 ongoing projects, Rs 11,680.236 mn for 71 new projects Four new police stations, model prison, to be constructed in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Federal...

Rs4.336 billion earmarked for education ministry in new budget

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs4.336 billion for the ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training Division for six on-going...

Miftah Ismail appointed finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Miftah Ismail, the prime minister's adviser on finance, has been appointed as the federal minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs prior to...

Punjab govt unlikely to present budget

Other provinces also reportedly reconsidering decisions to announce budgets LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided not to present the budget for the upcoming fiscal year...

Budget to have four-month authentication for utilisation: CM Murad

CM complains of low share for Sindh in new PSDP KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah announced on Wednesday that in the next...

Pensions most likely to be increased by 15 per cent in...

---Officials working in PM’s Office, NA, Senate, President House and FBR are getting more incentives than employs belonging to other government departments ---Government will keep...

PTI set to move court against tax amnesty scheme

-- Amnesty scheme ploy to 'fool taxpayers', claims PTI chief -- Says Sindh in worst condition out of all provinces due to Asif Zardari   HYDERABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Budget for fiscal year 2018-19 to be tax-free: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha Thursday said that the budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 would be tax-free but the expansion of...

Budget-related activities should be completed on agreed timeline: Miftah

  ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Miftah Ismail Thursday emphasised that all budget-related activities should be undertaken in accordance with the agreed timelines,...