Tag: Sectors

CDA fails to develop three sectors in three decades

ISLAMABAD: Out of total Rs 67 billion bagged by depositors of the sectors all over the capital, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) spent Rs 4.3...

Capital’s multiple stalled sectors a bane for CDA

Civic agency selling commercial plots to generate revenues, as new sectors nowhere in sight ISLAMABAD: For over a decade now, the utter failure of Capital...

Dar hails WB’s cooperation in different sectors

World Bank (WB) Country Director Patchamuthu Illangovan called on Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday and felicitated him on successful conclusion of the...

President calls for enhanced allocations for health, education sectors

President Mamnoon Hussain has underlined the need for enhanced allocations for the health and education sectors to improve the living standards of the people. Addressing...

Call for exemption of industrial, agri sectors from loadshedding

The exemption of industrial and agriculture sectors from gas and power loadshedding is the key factor which can boost economic and agricultural growth as...

UN, Pakistan launch second five-year plan

Pakistan and the United Nations have launched a new five year programme to cooperate in different areas including economy, food and other social sectors....

Capital’s health, education sectors find a place online

With the intention to provide maximum information to people regarding the federal capital’s education, health and tourism sectors, the federal Ministry for Capital Administration...

CDA to develop three new sectors

The Capital Development Authority is planning three new sectors in Islamabad and work in this regard will start during the current year. Talking to reporters,...

Chinese investors interested in energy and marble sectors

Chinese investors are interested to invest in mining, marble, energy, chemical and other potential economic sectors of Pakistan. However, business friendly environment is the...

Electricity shortfall reaches 6500 MGW

The electricity shortfall has reached 6500 megawatt due to shortage of oil and gas to power houses. According to the Ministry of Water and Power...

Citizens witness worst loadshedding as shortfall reaches 7252MW

Prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding due to gap between generation and consumption has adversely affected the routine life, business activities and industrial sector. According to details,...

Italy extends help in technical sectors

The Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Vincenzo Prati has said the Italian government is ready to support Pakistan in the technical and mechanical sectors whenever...

UK to invest in mining, financial sectors

The United Kingdom is interested to invest in mining and financial sector of Pakistan. It is the second largest foreign investor in Pakistan and...

Gilani seeks Kazakh support in trade, energy sectors

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Kazakh counterpart Karim Massimov on Wednesday discussed ways to broaden the canvas of bilateral cooperation in...

Security aspects crucial for all sectors of economy

So I grew up in Pakistan in the 1990s. What one remembers most about that time is the absence of the fear of losing...

TA for capital, corporate, financial sectors revised by SECP, FBR

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), working in collaboration with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), introduced various tax-related reforms for the...

Status quo remains in major sectors

The Federal Budget FY12 had few surprises in store with regards to taxation, while it continued to emphasise on policies to lure long-term investments....