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DISCOs asked to recover Rs 30b this month
Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar has directed distribution companies (DISCOs) to recover at least Rs 30 billion during the current month to...
Karachi suffers Rs 2 billion losses in two days
The Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) has suffered production and monetary losses of Rs 2 billion in the two days strife going on in Karachi,...
PAC orders recovery of Rs 34.5m embezzled in KP Health Dept
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Accounts Committee has ordered the recovery of Rs 35.4 million from officials of the Health Department.
The decision was made...
PPP MPA ‘incurs losses of Rs 5m to exchequer’
Development schemes approved for the personal benefit of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Dr Ahmed Ali Shah have incurred losses of...
Govt to give Rs 2.2b subsidy in Ramadan
The government has decided to grant a Rs 2.2 billion subsidy to consumers at state owned utility stores during Ramadan, Minister for Industries Pervaiz...
SCBA audit comes up Rs 8.9m short
The Supreme Court Bar Association has come across the shortage of over Rs 8.9 million in the Bar’s Trust account.
The audit conducted on the...
Gilani offers Rs 3 for 3 gas-less days
In a transparent but largely unsuccessful bid to soothe the public and political backlash from the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)’s decision to increase the...
PA okays Rs 87.436b supplementary budget
Rejecting the opposition’s cut motions, the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday approved a massive Rs 87.436 billion supplementary budget for 2010-11 by majority, approving 41...
Railways to finally get its Rs 11.5b bailout package
The Finance Ministry finally yielded to the Ministry of Railways’ persistent persuasion on Friday and agreed to release a Rs 11.5 billion bailout package...
Govt slashes expenditures by Rs 187b
Austerity measures undertaken by the government to cope with the ramifications posed by devastating floods last year will result in expenditure reduction of Rs187...
Rs 1.5b allocated for four women varsities in Punjab
The Punjab government is taking special measures for the welfare of women across the province, said MNA and Punjab Education Task Force Chairperson Saira...
NA okays 77 demands for grants of Rs 2 trillion
The National Assembly on Friday approved 77 demands for grants of over Rs 2 trillion as opposition members demanded the government put all the...
Punjab govt donates Rs 60m to an elite school
There is a popular saying that actions speak louder than the words. A typical such action which speaks volumes about the Punjab government’s double...
Hoti announces Rs 1.67b special package for Malakand Division
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Hoti has approved special development package worth Rs 1.67 billion other than Annual Developmental Programme for the reconstruction...
Rs4.5m fine imposed on Afridi
The Disciplinary Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a fine of Rs 4.5 million on former cricket captain Shahid Afridi and...
CM gives away promised Rs 50 million to GCU
The Punjab government gave away a donation of Rs 50 million to Government College University Lahore Endowment Fund Trust (GCU EFT) on Tuesday. Punjab...
KP govt rolls out Rs 249.151b budget
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Humayoon Khan presented a Rs 249.151 billion-budget for the fiscal year 2011-2011 in the provincial assembly on Saturday. Besides the...
