Tag: Ishaq Dar
IMF satisfied with Pakistan’s performance: Ishaq Dar
Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was fully satisfied with the performance of Pakistan.
Addressing a joint...
ECNEC approves 10 projects worth Rs 218.6 billion
A meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) was held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday with the Finance Minister...
Rs10.5 per unit tariff for agricultural tubewells
The government decided during a meeting in Islamabad on Monday to charge a uniform electricity tariff rate of Rs 10.5 per unit for tubewells...
Dar vows to take steps for economic stability
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday vowed to take steps for bringing economic stability in the country.
In an interview‚ he said an aggressive plan...
Circular debt to be cleared as promised, says Dar
Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar on Friday reiterated that the government would clear the circular debt before the deadline of August 20,...
Govt not to present mini budget: Dar
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the circular debt of Rs 503 billion would be paid off by the end of next month...
Additional Rs 60b required for cut in GST rate: Dar
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said if the government could arrange Rs 60 billion from substitute sources, he was ready to reduce the slab...
Dar to present federal budget 2013-14 on June 12
Minister of Finance Ishaq Dar will present the budget for the next fiscal year 2013-14 in the National Assembly on June 12 (Wednesday).
Sources in...
PML-N, PPP first formal meeting today
The PPP and the PML-N will hold their first formal meeting at the Punjab House today (Tuesday). According to media reports, it is a...
Five senators return unopposed
The election commission Monday declared Aitzaz Ahsan (PPP) and Ishaq Dar (PML-N) as elected unopposed on two technocrat seats of the Senate from Punjab.
The...
Ahsen, Dar elected to Senate unopposed
Two senior politicians, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s Aitzaz Ahsen and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s Ishaq Dar, have been elected to the Senate...
The firefighting government
No time yet for a hundred indecisions
While the ruling coalition fights for its survival, urgent governance issues have taken a backseat. The present government...
Politics on memo issue
There is more to it than meets the eye
Interesting developments that raise uneasy questions took place before the memo case was filed in the...
Finance committee seeks transparency in CCP
Senate special committee on finance asked Secretary Finance Waqar Masood to submit written assurance that no charge is proved regarding embezzlement allegations in Competition...
