KARACHI: Pakistan has rejected the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) demand of taking budgetary measures worth Rs700 billion, to avoid putting additional burden on the existing taxpayers, a government official said on Friday. In his speech at the Senate about the Federal Budget 2021/22, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the Pakistan authorities had informed the IMF … Read more
KARACHI: Industries played an important role in the development of an area, and the federal government has fast-paced the uplift work in the Federally-administered Tribal Areas (Fata) after its merger with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a government official said on Thursday. Chairing a special meeting with the delegation of the representatives of industries from the ex-Fata … Read more
KARACHI: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the technical supplementary grant of Rs100 million each from the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) to establish joint border markets at Mand, Kech district, Gwadar, Gabd district and Chedgi, Panjgur district, of the total allocation of Rs300 million. The ECC meeting, which was … Read more
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Wednesday directed the Privatisation Commission and the Ministry of Petroleum to come up with the comprehensive proposals for divestment of government shares in Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL), official Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Chairing the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP), the … Read more
