Tag: Uplift

Joint committee constituted for uplift of merged tribal districts

PESHAWAR: A joint committee has been constituted to finalise steps for initiating development and welfare projects for merged tribal districts with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)...

KP governor approves Rs3 billion for socio-economic uplift of FATA

  PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Wednesday approved a number of projects totalling Rs3 billion in various socio-economic uplift projects in FATA...

CM approves Rs 1.9bn for uplift of 19 public universities

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, keeping in view the financial problems of 19 public sector universities, on Monday approved a grant of Rs1.9...

For technological uplift

Project being implemented to stimulate smartphones software development Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) is implementing a project to develop an Optical Character Recognition...

Tenders for uplift work in NA-48 cancelled again

Tenders for development work worth Rs 900 million in Rawalpindi’s NA-48 was cancelled on Thursday once again. According to sources in the district administration, the...

Punjab govt approves nine uplift schemes

The Punjab government has approved nine uplift schemes which will be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 13,518.953 million in the province. According to...

So what’s up with the economic uplift plan?

There is an emergent need for constituting a think-tank with the public-private partnership to evolve strategies for economic development of the country, the ICCI...

‘Corporate sector must play its part in sports uplift’

There are very few companies in the corporate sector with a heart big enough to lend a hand in sports promotion set aside supporting...

PPAF unveils Rs 238m uplift plan for FATA

Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has unveiled a comprehensive integrated development programme at a cost of more than Rs238 million for benefit of over...

Balochistan’s uplift top priority, says PM

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday said Balochistan’s development was the top priority of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led government, which was evident...

Uplift works put off for 2 months

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah insisted on Tuesday that the development budget will not be curtailed for utilisation on rescue and relief of...

‘Uplift projects worth millions completed under Lyari package’

Development projects worth millions of rupees have been completed under the Lyari package and the credit for the locality’s development goes to President Asif...

‘2011-2012 saw mega welfare and uplift projects in Sindh’

Mega welfare and development projects were carried out in the province during the fiscal year 2011-2012, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said on Sunday....

Cash-strapped KWSB awaits funds from Centre for completing uplift work

The cash-strapped Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has yet to complete the development work of around Rs 1.285 billion at the Pakistan Textile...

Sindh told to arrange Rs270bn for uplift schemes

The fate of ongoing developmental schemes in Sindh worth Rs270 billion is now at stake, with the Federal government pulling the plug on funds...

CM takes notice of delay in completion of uplift projects

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken serious notice of the delay in the completion of the small industrial estate project and slow pace...

Women’s role vital in country’s uplift: Dr Firdous

DASKA - Federal Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and philanthropists to come forward and establish educational institutions in the neglected areas of the country.
Addressing the annual prize-distribution of a school in village Sherpur, the minister revealed that a "sasta bazaar" would soon be started in the district where women would run their own businesses exclusively. Dr Firdous said that women could play a vital role