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April 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disclosed that Pakistan’s project performance dropped to 58pc in 2018-2020 from 70pc in 2017-2019 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors.
This poor performance shows that Islamabad had to pay multimillion dollars on account of commitment charges under the PTI-led regime. The ineffective implementation has witnessed a surge in the penalty amount in the last few years.
According to IED of ADB report on Friday, Pakistan’s country partnership strategy final review validation (CPSFRV) 2015–2019 rated the country program less than successful. The challenging political environment and a succession of boom-and-bust economic cycles have hampered Pakistan’s development progress.
Top Story
April 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disclosed that Pakistan’s project performance dropped to 58pc in 2018-2020 from 70pc in 2017-2019 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors.
This poor performance shows that Islamabad had to pay multimillion dollars on account of commitment charges under the PTI-led regime. The ineffective implementation has witnessed a surge in the penalty amount in the last few years.
According to IED of ADB report on Friday, Pakistan’s country partnership strategy final review validation (CPSFRV) 2015–2019 rated the country program less than successful. The challenging political environment and a succession of boom-and-bust economic cycles have hampered Pakistan’s development progress.
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April 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disclosed that Pakistan’s project performance dropped to 58pc in 2018-2020 from 70pc in 2017-2019 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors.
This poor performance shows that Islamabad had to pay multimillion dollars on account of commitment charges under the PTI-led regime. The ineffective implementation has witnessed a surge in the penalty amount in the last few years.
According to IED of ADB report on Friday, Pakistan’s country partnership strategy final review validation (CPSFRV) 2015–2019 rated the country program less than successful. The challenging political environment and a succession of boom-and-bust economic cycles have hampered Pakistan’s development progress.
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Cabinet reshuffle: The sarkaari game of musical chairs continues
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Since coming to power in 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan has shuffled his cabinet five times. More than half the PM’s cabinet has had its portfolio changed at least once.
April 2019: The first major hiring and firing in the country’s top decision-making body, the cabinet, took place in April 2019.
The changes included handing over the portfolio of the ministry of science to Fawad Chaudhry and relieving him of the ministry of information.
On the same day, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, a well-known economist, was appointed adviser to the prime minister on finance.