Tag: finance ministry
Finance Ministry requires funds for seven uplift projects, Senate body told
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance was told on Wednesday that the Ministry of Finance had sought funds for seven development projects from...
PM Imran won’t change economic team, Haq claims
PM's Special Assistant on Political Affairs Naeemul Haq on Thursday claimed that no member of the government's economic team, including Finance Minister Asad Umar,...
Govt set to shock electricity consumers
--Govt decides to withdraw Rs146bn subsidy being given to domestic consumers
--Power Ministry proposes up to Rs20.70 per unit increase in price of electricity to...
Finance Ministry had no role in Qasmi’s appointment as PTV MD:...
ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar has said that the Ministry of Finance had no role in the appointment of Attaul Haq Qasmi as the...
FIA to enter new era after PML-N govt-approved restructuring
--Finance ministry to increase agency’s funds by Rs480 million every year
ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is all set to enter a new era as the...
10% adhoc relief allowance given to govt employees
ISLAMABAD: The finance division has issued notification for the grant of 10 per cent adhoc relief allowance to the government employees.
The adhoc relief was announced...
War on terror cost Pakistan Rs 297 billion, Senate told
Finance minister tells Senate the US only provided Pakistan $111m out of promised $132m
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has spent at least Rs 297 billion in the...
Rana Afzal Khan being considered for PM’s adviser on finance’s slot...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is considering State Minister for Finance Rana Afzal Khan for the slot of advisor to prime minister on...
In Dar’s absence, Fawad indirectly running affairs of finance ministry
Ministry of Finance directed to follow Miftah Ismail
ISLAMABAD: The Principal Secretary of Prime Minister Fawad Hassan Fawad, who has been a powerful bureaucrat...
Dar’s guarantor seeks time to present finance minister before court
ISLAMABAD: Ishaq Dar’s surety-giver Ahmed Ali Quddusi has submitted a reply in the accountability court in the hope that Dar’s bail is not seized.
Quddusi...
PM Abbasi approves Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s leave request
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has approved the leave request of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, media reports have confirmed.
Dar in a letter to Prime Minister...
Nawaz wants Dar to continue as finance minister
ISLAMABAD: The government and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday refuted the rumours regarding resignation of incumbent Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, saying that...
Marriyum rubbishes rumours of Ishaq Dar’s resignation
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has termed the rumours of the resignation of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar fake and baseless.
Speaking...
Miftah Ismail put in charge of finance ministry as Dar ‘vanishes’:...
ISLAMABAD: After Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s escape to London and denial to return to Pakistan, the charge of the Ministry of Finance has been...
Ishaq Dar clings on to ministry despite indictment in corruption reference
ISLAMABAD: Despite indictment in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case and subsequent demand from opposition parties to resign from his post of finance minister, Ishaq...
China finance ministry releases $151 billion defense budget
China's finance ministry said Sunday that the country's defence budget this year will top 1 trillion yuan ($145 billion) for the first time, after...
Dar directs SECP to consult stakeholders on Draft Modaraba Act, 2016
Federal Finance Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar on Wednesday directed the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to consult all the relevant stakeholders on Draft...
