Tag: Planning
Livelihoods fall victim to unplanned urbanization
Shopkeepers, traders and residents have expressed grave concern over the diversion of traffic from the Benazir Bhutto Road (BBR) due to the construction of...
Rs 14.2b for women’s welfare projects: PPDB
Women welfare projects would be allotted Rs 14.2 billion in the province during the current fiscal year said Punjab Planning and Development Board (PPDB)...
Planning Commission opposes Thar coal power project
Opposing the Thar coal power project, the Planning Commission on Tuesday said generating 100 megawatts of electricity using coal was unrealistic. According to the...
Poor planning in bus transit system causing hardships to people
Poor planning to execute the so-called Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project has turned the international standard dual carriageway, Ferozepur Road, into a dirt...
Planning Commission says Thar Coal project unfeasible
As the government is finding ways to cope with prevailing energy crisis in the country, the Planning Commission has termed the Thar Coal project...
Planning Commission refuses to accept decisions of Cabinet Committee
The Planning Commission has rejected the recommendations of Special Cabinet Committee headed by Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah regularizing the services of...
Poor planning led to failure of pacers against India: Sarfraz
Sarfraz Nawaz, former Pakistani pacer, claimed that poor planning on part of the team management had led to Pakistan’s 6-wicket defeat by India during...
Iran, Hezbollah ‘plotting new anti-Israeli attacks’
Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia are planning to carry out new anti-Israeli attacks around the world, a senior Israeli official involved in counter-terrorism warned...
Iran, Hezbollah ‘plotting new anti-Israeli attacks’
Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia are planning to carry out new anti-Israeli attacks around the world, a senior Israeli official involved in counter-terrorism warned...
PIDE to start centre of excellence
The issues related to health economy like demography’s contribution to health policy debates and planning are gaining importance worldwide but unfortunately they are being...
Planning Commission holds petroleum, water and power responsible for energy crisis
Finding lack of coordination between the ministries of water and power and petroleum as contributing towards energy crisis, the Planning Commission has proposed setting...
The much-needed space for growth reforms
I am writing only to clarify economic reforms and their role in our society. I have no issue with any other agenda in the...
Planning and economic growth
I agree with Mr Tarin, but not totally. Yes, there is a need of will to do the things with honesty, but the most...
Planning and economic growth
Mr Tarin has outlined an extremely pressing issue. Over the years, disparities between the rich and the poor have sharply increased, with the rich...
Rs 200m utilised without planning
The first ever Liver Transplant Centre, worth over 200 million rupees, at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) proved fruitless when a team...
Poor planning in OPF project angers NA body
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis on Tuesday expressed displeasure on the slow pace of work of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF)...
Govt planning to confine EPA to federal capital
The government is in the process of finalising an important bill to convert the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) into Islamabad-EPA in order to...
