Tag: Development

Rs 1.5 trillion spent on development projects: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said despite financial constraints‚ the present government has spent unprecedented Rs 1.5 trillion on the development projects....

Powers that be don’t want ‘development’ under commissioners

The powers of development in each district should not be come under commissioners and deputy commissioners but under the elected representatives of the local...

Punjab Skills Development Fund to be extended: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, has directed that after the success of Punjab Skills Development Fund in four districts of the province, its...

‘Trade liberalisation can yield consumer welfare’

The findings of the research titled, ‘Cost of Economic Non-Cooperation to Consumers in South Asia (COENCOSA)’ were shared on Monday by Sustainable Development Policy...

USAID helps DISCOs on institutional capacity, development

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOs) participated in the concluding ceremony of a high-level workshop for the senior human resource management...

ICCI says skill development programmes vital for remittances

Structures and strategies are needed to be developed for diversifying skill development opportunities as par with international standards to increase the rate of remittances...

PM Gilani sets the ball rolling on Mirpur development projects

Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday announced the decision of constructing an airport for Mirpur, saying that it would prove to be a...

Germany pumps in $312 million aid to Afghanistan

Germany would roll out $312 million (15,450 million afs) worth of development aid to Afghanistan this year that would be spent in Kabul, Kunduz,...

Use of ICT technologies can boost development process: Experts

Proposing “Pakistan Vision 2015”, experts underscored that adoption of ICT technologies into development process and governance can dramatically bridge the widening development gap on...

CADD unit to remain functional

Curriculum Development and Textbook Production Unit will continue its functioning under Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) till repealing of existing federal curriculum act. Spokesman...

CDA to acquire land for water supply project

The inability of Capital Development Authority (CDA) to take possession of the land in sector D/12 and E/12, which it had acquired decades ago,...

CM holds meeting on development projects

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif held a meeting with assembly members of various districts on Tuesday to discuss the pace of implementation of...

The peace in the region

Let us talk again. Talking can not only break the status quo but also ensure a change, mostly good and positive. However, declining such...

Punjab govt posts lucrative numbers

A spokesman of Punjab government has said that financial condition of Punjab government is sound. Government released development funds to the tune of Rs125...

Sorry, no aid

With the International Monetary Fund having refused to give a Letter of Comfort to Pakistan over ‘non-satisfactory performance’ last year, the Asian Development Bank...

Pak, India development to continue: Hina

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar hoped on Tuesday that positive development in Pakistan-India relations would also continue during the current year. She said this when...

Qaim reviews progress on development projects

The provincial government has chalked out a special plan for redressing repair, renovation and development of the damaged infrastructure due to this year’s monsoon...