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Circular debt build-up during July-April this fiscal year is Rs260 billion: Asad

Many observers view Pakistan as a test case for China’s assertive overseas expansion plans. But sometimes, it is Chinese players who have had to adapt to Islamabad’s realities.

Chief Statistician briefs Shaukat Tarin on data collection techniques - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: After taking Oath of Office, the Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin held an introductory meeting with the Secretary Planning, Development & Special Initiatives/Chief Statistician to evaluate the current techniques of data collection and analysis used by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in Islamabad on Monday. The Chief Statistician gave a detailed briefing to the new Finance ...

In this 2019 file photo, schoolchildren plant saplings in connection with the 10 billion trees tsunami project at Baloki Nature Reserve Project. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: After a controversy over the scope of audit of Prime Minister’s flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, the Ministry of Climate Change has finally agreed on an special audit to be conducted by the office of the auditor general of Pakistan. Earlier, due to “technical reasons” the ministry had requested the auditor gene...

Planning Minister Orders Quick Provision of 3G, 4G in GB The Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Asad Umar, has directed the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to finalize the auction of 3G and 4G licenses in Gilgit-Baltistan on a priority basis. He said that IT is more important for the remote areas than it is for the large cities of Pakistan, adding that generating economic activities in the remote area...

National February 25, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In the wake of lingering controversies over the last population census held in 2017 and for making the next exercise error free, the government has constituted a high-powered committee with the mandate to recommend measures for holding the upcoming census exercise through adoption of latest technologies and supervising/monitoring to minimise omissions/errors. The government constituted this committee comprising 12 members with Deputy Chairman Planning Comm...

The Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, recently said that China had apportioned 500,000 doses of its Sinovac vaccine for Pakistan, and the scheduled

The Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Asad Umar, said in a statement that the government has approved the procurement

Pakistan records 5.44% COVID positivity ratio as 1,877 more infections emerged - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The national COVID positivity rate in Pakistan on January 10 stood at 5.44% as out of 34,524 tested for Coronavirus, 1,877 were found positive, as per the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC). In the last 24 hours, 32 COVID patients succumbed to the disease including 12 each in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), 6 in Sindh, and 2 in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). In total, 504,293 C...

Four documents on SDGs finalised for cabinet nod Peshawar January 9, 2021 PESHAWAR: A senior government officials meeting on Friday finalized four important documents about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which would be presented to the KP cabinet for a final nod. According to a handout, the first meeting of Provincial Advisory Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was convened under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir Khan. All...