Tag: Govt

Though President Asif Ali Zardari’s actions foretell that the government might not complete its tenure, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will not join attempts...

Given its ever increasing budgetary requirements, the cash strapped federal government is left with no viable option other than to borrow from ‘risk-averse’ commercial...

The Punjab government has decided to restore the free treatment facility for hepatitis-C positive patients, Pakistan Today has learnt. The facility was on hold...

The government plans to utilise all viable options to enhance upstream oil and gas production through expansion of operations in restricted security zones, meeting...

After failing to get $2.1 billion in financing from the Friends of Democratic Pakistan for 12 small dams during the current fiscal year, the...

National Assembly Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan warned the government on Tuesday to abstain from feeding wrong information to the media just to...

The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that the government had allotted the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) quota on political grounds, even to those...

A large number of hepatitis C patients are suffering because of a shortage of vaccination in public hospitals, Pakistan Today has learnt. Hospitals have...

Land grabbers involved in illegally occupying government lands in Karachi were well organised and more powerful, and the administration was helpless in countering them,...

The government on Monday received notices by four Independent Power Producers (IPPs) giving it 35 days to settle their outstanding dues of Rs 16.2...

The PML-N government in Punjab held an important cabinet meeting on Monday and announced an “anti-foreign aid” policy designed to gain economic self-reliance, restore...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday said his government was determined to implement economic reforms to ensure macro-economic stability in the country. The...

After years of deliberations on the idea of utilising the Indus River’s waterways for freight forwarding, high fuel costs have forced the government to...

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Housing and Works Ministry to submit details of a housing scheme started in Zone-VI of the federal...

The PPP-led coalition government has always consulted all political forces on major national issues and succeeded in building a consensus national policy, Prime Minister...

Notwithstanding media-hype claiming that Pakistan-US relations are on the verge of collapse, top economic managers are still banking on the financial assistance by Washington...

With the international community’s support, the Sindh government will construct 200,000 houses in the rural areas of the province for the poor and the...