Tag: finance minister

Finance Minister Dar visits SBP, addresses bank presidents

    Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affair Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Friday said that economic parameters have recorded significant improvement over the...

NA passes Finance Bill 2016-17 with certain amendments

House approves a number of amendments including the one to increase the salaries and perks of parliamentarians 86 out of 139 amendments proposed by the...

Govt, Opp parties working on own TORs for Panama probe

PM Nawaz tells Dar to take all parties on board for formation of ‘credible’ enquiry commission, also discuss expanding enquiry to foreign funding of...

WB to continue to finance development projects in Pakistan

    Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that Pakistan is stepping up to a higher level of growth and better opportunities for economic prosperity of...

Govt to increase South Punjab budget, says finance minister

A delegation from tribal areas of DG Khan led by Sardar Rehmat Khan Khuzdar called on Provincial Minister for Finance Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha...

Revenue collection process to be made taxpayer-friendly: Dar

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said the government is continuously trying to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the revenue collection process. Chairing a meeting of...

IMF approves $497m tranche for Pakistan

Fund says Pakistani govt performed well in second quarter of fiscal year 2015-16 Dar reiterates govt's resolve to ‘convert loss-making state-owned enterprises into profitable entities’ The...

Structural reforms being undertaken for sustained economic growth: Dar

  Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that structural reforms were being undertaken for sustained economic growth of the country. Speaking at a meeting in...

Sites for 1,000 MW LNG power projects finalised: Dar

Sites for installation of 1,000 MW LNG power projects have been finalised and directives issued for their timely completion. This was revealed during a high...

Dar doesn’t want tax increase used as excuse for price hike

Finance minister calls upon provincial governments to check price hike after “additional revenue measures” Federal Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar in his capacity of...

ECC approves Telecom Policy 2015

  The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in its meeting chaired by Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday approved the Telecommunications Policy 2015 under...

Launch of Pak EXIM Bank in the offing

  Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting on Thursday to finalise the modalities for the launch of the EXIM Bank. Senior officials concerned...

Regulatory duty on imported goods only: Dar

  Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that no tax will be imposed on locally manufactured items which have been produced from...

Dar says Rs 40b taxes will be levied on luxury items

  Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that Tax and energy reforms are a must for economic stability of the country. In an interview,...

Finance Minister reviews arrangements for establishment of PMIC

Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting Monday to review the proposal for the establishment of Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company. Secretary...

Take back WHT or banks will be empty!

The country’s traders rose up against the levy of 0.6 per cent withholding tax (WHT) on every banking transaction, warning the government that they would withdraw all their savings from banks in case the tax was not taken back.

Pak economy achieves bare minimum

Addressing a press conference on country’s economic performance at the launch of Economic Survey of Pakistan 2014-15, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday blamed the five-month-long sit-in by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and flash floods in September last year for the poor economic performance during the current fiscal year.