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Hiring of contractors to be done transparently APP August 04, 2021 LAHORE: Punjab Chief Secretary (CS) Jawwad Rafique Malik on Tuesday urged the departments concerned to continue with focused efforts in their sectors to ensure proper utilisation of public funds. He stated this while chairing a meeting of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2021-22 to review provinces development profile and in particular the status of ADP 2021-22 in perspective of allocated budget, releases and utilisation...

Empowering women July 26, 2021 Gender equality is considered a vital factor in determining the overall wellbeing and growth of a nation, country and a society. Gender equality is when people of all genders have equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities. The Sustainable Development Goal No 5 talks about achieving “gender equality and empowering all women and girls”. In addition to SDG 5, there are gender-related targets in other goals pertaining to health, education, water and sanit...

July 20, 2021 PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the quarters concerned to ensure physical progress on new and ongoing road projects aimed at promotion of tourism activities in the province. He issued the directives while chairing a meeting regarding construction of access roads to tourism sites, said a handout. Besides Provincial Minister Ishtiaq Urmar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Amjad Ali Khan, administrative secretaries and other officials attended the meeting. Th...

The food debt was hovering around Rs400bn until the end of the last financial year (2019-20). — AP/File LAHORE: Punjab’s food sector circular debt has risen to a staggering Rs560bn, equal to the Annual Development Programme for the year 2021-22, giving a nightmare to the finance wizards in the province. Punjab harvested a bumper wheat crop, about 22 million tonne this season and the department procured at least 3.5 million tonne of it at a rate of Rs1,800 per maund (40kg). The food debt was...

PHC CJ administers oath to Karak lawyers July 14, 2021 KARAK: Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) Qaiser Rashid Khan administered oath to the newly elected office-bearers of District Bar Association Karak and Tehsil Bar Associations Banda Daud Shah and Takht-e-Nasrati. Addressing the ceremony, the chief justice said the administration of justice was not the exclusive responsibility of judges and lawyers as it was only possible when all the stakeholders did justice to their respective sphe...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has ended the financial year of 2020-21 on a high note by utilising 97 per cent of the total funds it allocated for its Annual Development Programme (ADP). “We utilised Rs300.77 billion of the total release of Rs308 billion in major sectors. It is a huge achievement,” says Planning and Development Board Chairman Abdullah Khan Sumbal. “Up to 97pc of utilisation percentage of the development funds in Punjab province in the financial year has been the highest in...

July 4, 2021 Calling the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) a rejected party, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the MQM-P has been accusing him of ignoring Karachi in development schemes, but as a matter of fact, development schemes worth Rs479 billion have been launched in the city while through the Annual Development Programme, 1,072 schemes are in progress for Rs991.79 billion with an allocation of Rs109.36 billion during the current year. This he said while talk...

July 3, 2021 PESHAWAR: The KP government has released Rs16. 86 billion funds for ongoing Annual Development Programme schemes for merged areas. Maximum development funds have been released for construction of roads amounting to Rs4,010.999 million followed by Rs 2,001 million for Primary and Secondary Education, Rs1944 million for water and Rs1042 million for sanitation and clean drinking water projects. The Finance Department has released Rs 683 million for Agriculture, Rs 828 million for Ene...

KMC Administrator Laeeq Ahmed approves Rs25.982 billion budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. — Photo courtesy KMC Twitter KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation on Tuesday passed a tax-free budget of Rs25.982 billion for the next financial year 2021-22 with a surplus of Rs12 million and estimated expenditures of about Rs25.970bn. In the absence of an elected set-up, KMC Administrator Laeeq Ahmed approved the budget using the powers of the City Council. No new tax has been imposed in the...

‘Past govts destroyed institutions through political interference’ June 30, 2021 LAHORE: Former Chief Minister Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar here Tuesday and discussed matters of mutual interest as well as overall political situation. Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said the present government carried out substantial development in the province, whereas the previous governments relied on pomp and show only. He regretted that the past regimes dest...