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The Asian Development Bank or ADB has approved a $385 million loan to help improve the livability and community health of five cities in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a statement on Friday, ADB said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project will help construct two clean water supply treatment facilities, three sewerage treatment facilities, and will rehabilitate dysfunctional tube wells among several other important subprojects in Abbottabad, Kohat, Mardan, Mingora, and Peshaw...

The Asian Development Bank or ADB has approved a $603 million loan to Pakistan for strengthening and expanding its Ehsaas Social Protection programs. Using conditional cash transfers, the loan will support the implementation of Ehsaas Program, Pakistan’s national social protection, and poverty reduction strategy. Under the Integrated Social Protection Development Program, ADB will provide a regular loan of $600 million and a $3 million grant from the Asian Development Fund. It will also admini...

Govt committed to public service with true spirit: Minister % Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Forests, Environment and Wildlife Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar Sunday

Ehsaas Ration Program provides relief to poverty stricken families: Buzdar % Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has termed Ehsaas Ration Program a flagship drive to provide subsidies

Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM), Qatar Charity, and Pakistan Institute of Prosthetics & Orthotic Science (PIPOS) have inked a tri-party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the provision of Artificial Limbs to the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Matta, Swat.

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has ratified the government’s decision to increase the price of electricity, paving way for an increase in the basic price of...

Senate session marred by oppositions protest

Differences in figures for Pakistan’s gross domestic product or GDP growth rate for previous and current fiscal years between the World Bank and the Pakistan government was because of uncertainties of the Covid-19 pandemic, said World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan Najy Benhassine on Thursday, hoping that final growth rate would be on the higher side. The World Bank in its report published on Thursday projected Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast for the fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22) at 3.4%...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $600 million for Ehsaas Program under the Integrated Social Protection Development Program. The announcement was made by ADB Country Director Yong Ye, who called on Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan on Thursday. This program will support the government’s efforts to implement high priorities from its Ehsaas Program (social protection and poverty reduction) in a coordinated, cohesive and systematic manner. Under this program, institutional...

ADB to provide US$600 million for Ehsaas Program