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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday asked banks to advise on expanding soft loans program designed for youth to start businesses.In a meeting with presidents of National Bank, Habib...

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved the launch of the second phase of the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program, as the second phase

The disbursement process would be initiated within this financial year

Les membres du gouvernement ont pris note que le Securities (Amendment) Bill 2021 sera présenté au Parlement, de la he Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2021, Quarantine (Control of Sale and Use of COVID-19 Home Self-Testing Kit)

The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCoP) today. The CCoP considered a summary presented by the Secretary, Petroleum Division titled ‘Divestment of Government of Pakistan’s Shares in PPL and OGDCL’. The forum approved the ministry’s proposal, indicating that divestment of shares is not feasible at this stage and should be considered only when issues like the circular debt are resolved even partially; t...

Finance ministry proposes ceilings on expenses of most ministries in next budget

Shaukat Tarin says Pakistan can no more afford the stabilisation policy adopted by PM Imran Khan The writer is a senior journalist and a Jefferson Fellow. He can be reached at [email protected] Shaukat Tarin, the government’s new hope on the troubled economic front, has minced no words in stating that Pakistan can no more afford the stabilisation policy adopted by PM Imran Khan. To Tarin, a high growth rate is the only way out of the cluttered, mangled mess that the economy has become over t...

ECC Approves First Installment to 35 IPPs The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet on Wednesday approved payment of the first installment to 35 IPPs out of a total 47, whereas payment to the remaining 12 IPPs (under Power Policy 2002) may be withheld owing to the NAB investigation. Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Mr. Shaukat Tarin, chaired the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet today. Power Division presented a summary before the ECC regarding the release o...

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council last week approved the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS), a scheme they say will accelerate the reduction in poverty through economic growth, social protection programs, and others. The FEC also announced the establishment of a Nigeria Investment and Growth Fund to invest in commercially viable projects in priority sectors that will promote growth and innovation, enhance local value addition, and create employment. The NPRGS was necess...

The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to suspend the proposed 2021 census due to the rising spate of insecurity across the country, citing that conducting such exercise when many Nigerians have been displaced from their homes is a breach of “constitutional rights.” The motion was moved at the Wednesday plenary session by  Rep. Shehu Beji (APC-Niger) on the floor of the House on Wednesday, in Abuja. Why the House of Reps wants Census suspended “In the circumstance,...