Tag: Planning

Speakers argue exclusion of urban majority from decision-making in city

LAHORE: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday argued that a large section of the population in urban centres had been excluded from decision-making in...

Khusro says CPEC not given proper attention by PML-N govt

Minister says govt to include the third party in China-backed economic corridor ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtiar on Monday said that the...

Planning for Trump’s military parade underway

WASHINGTON: The US military's top officer said Wednesday that planning is underway after President Donald Trump ordered a military parade, an unconventional demand that...

Governor lauds NCHD performance in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: National Commission on Higher Development (NCHD) Chairperson Razina Alam Khan called on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governor here at the Governor House on...

‘Institutions should work hard to make Pakistan one of top 25...

    Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Prof Ahsan Iqbal has said that all institutions of the country should work hard for making Pakistan...

Proposed CSS reforms get nod of approval from relevant quarters

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal announced this week that the upper age limit would be increased to 30 years instead...

Govt making long-term planning to overcome gas shortage

  Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the government was doing long-term planning to overcome gas shortage. Talking to a...

Suicide bombers planning to attack PTI, PAT rallies, warns Nisar

The country’s top intelligence agencies have reported that terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks on protest rallies in Islamabad, Interior Minister Nisar...

Islamists planning imminent attack in Norway

Militant Islamists with fighting experience in Syria may be planning an attack in Norway in the coming days, police said on Thursday, as they...

This is what we need in modern era

Mufti Abdur Razzaque of Tanzeem-ul-Ehsaan has supported the use of birth planning and spacing as it ensures not only maternal and newborn health, but...

Planning Commission released Rs 101 billion in 2012

The Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs 101.1 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), despite having been allocated Rs...

Planning Commission so far releases Rs101.1 billion

The Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs101.1 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) against the total allocations of Rs233...

Planning Commission releases Rs 88.8b for development projects

The Planning Commission of Pakistan on Saturday announced that it has released Rs 88.8 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) against the...

Country hit by a ‘youth bomb’

“This is just a trailer of the horror that awaits us,” says noted demographer Farid Midhet, referring to Pakistan’s bulging population and the possibly...

Punjab govt releases over Rs 45b for development

The Punjab government has released funds worth Rs 49.592 billion to executing agencies for various development sectors against the net development program of Rs...

Planning can cut costs of disasters: World Bank

Catastrophes like Japan's 2011 tsunami cost the world more than $3.5 trillion over the last 30 years, a conference heard Wednesday, as the World...

Inaugurated with much pomp, construction work on Sixth Road flyover faces...

Proper construction work on the Sixth Road flyover cannot be started yet, despite a lapse of the date given by the Punjab Highways Department. The...