Tag: Funding
England gets tough over Olympic funding
Six sports, including swimming and tennis, have been warned that they will have millions in grassroots funding taken away unless they can show that...
Iran to provide $500 million for IP gas pipeline
Iran is to provide $500 million for laying Pakistan's portion of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project
The remaining amount will be arranged by Pakistan through...
KCCI to fund BBSYDP
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) would fund and technical training programmes and institutes of the province to increase the skill set of...
Investment initiative launched with up to $80 million of US funding
The United States announced Friday the multi-year Pakistan Private Investment Initiative. Drawing on public-private partnerships, this initiative will spur job growth and economic development...
It’ll take twelve years
Bhasha dam is very much in the news these days. After refusal by ADB to fund the project, now China is to be asked...
Bangladesh to probe bank terror funding charges
Bangladesh’s central bank said Wednesday it had launched a probe into allegations that two local Islamic banks helped fund terrorist groups amid lax controls...
Afghan drug trafficker linked to Taliban jailed in US
A US judge sentenced an Afghan man to life in prison Tuesday for trafficking heroin to more than 20 countries and using the proceeds...
The changing face of PTI
A lot seems to have changed, in content and perhaps even in terms of objectives of Imran Khan and his Tehreek-e-Insaf. For a man...
Crisis still unresolved
Something’s got to give
President Zardari’s directive to Gilani to appear before the court would not resolve the crisis unless either Mr Zardari succeeds in...
End of the university?
It’s a school, not an assembly line
Simone Weil once wrote that we should be skeptical of unrealistic ideals but she forgot to add that...
USAID freezes funding to 400 schools
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing financial and technical assistance to various sectors in Pakistan with special focus on agriculture, energy...
WikiLeaks suspends release of secrets to seek cash
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed on Monday that financial problems might lead to the closure of the notorious secret-spilling site at the end of...
NDMA seeks meeting with donors to discuss funding
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is going to ask the government to call a meeting of the National Disaster Management Commission and discuss...
Obama signs short-term funding bill into law
US President Barack Obama early Wednesday signed into law a stopgap measure to fund the US government through November 18 after US lawmakers overwhelmingly...
IMF warns on funding levels if crisis worsens
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned it may not have enough money to bail out larger eurozone countries if the debt crisis were...
PPAF provides funding for microfinance
The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), a non-profit company, has signed an equity fund agreement with the Jinnah Welfare Society (JWS) for providing microfinance...
Pakistan Railways fails to control trains’ delays despite massive funding
Despite massive funding of cash by the federal government, Pakistan Railways has failed to control long delays of trains, which are arriving and departing...
