Central Development Working Party has approved 8 projects worth 36 billion rupees and recommended 7 projects worth 233.014 billion rupees to Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for consideration. The approval was given during today’s meeting of CDWP chaired by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, in Islamabad. Senior officials from Planning Commission

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on poverty alleviation and social protection Dr. Sania Nishtar has said that Government is opening Ehsaas Registration desks in all districts of countries to ensure inclusion of deserving households in the Ehsaas survey process. She expressed these views during her visit to Charsadda to review the Ehsaas Registration Desks. Interacting

World Bank has expressed willingness to work along with Ministry of Climate Change on different projects related to air pollution reduction and disaster risk mitigation. The understanding was reached during a meeting of delegation of the Bank led by Country Director Najy Benhassine and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam

The imports of plastic materials into the country has witnessed an increase of 3.78 percent during the first two months of current financial year 2020-21, as compared to the imports of last year. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan imported plastic materials of worth 330.486 million dollars during July-August (2020-21) as compared to

Pakistan has moved nine places up to 71st position in the tax ranking of the Oxfam and Development Finance Institution (DFI) report, 2020. According to the report, the country’s overall ranking on Commitment to Reducing the Inequality Index (CRII) improved by nine, from 137th to 128th in 2020. Pakistan, however, still rallies among the bottom

Chairman of Prime Minister’s task force on Gems and Jewelry, Engineer Gul Asghar Khan Baghoor has said working groups will be formed to increase exports of precious gemstones. Addressing a weekly meeting of the task force in Islamabad on Friday, he said one-window operation will also be introduced for the convenience of investors in this

Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam says Pakistan has huge potential in the field of agriculture and agri-products and the country welcomes French investment, technology and expertise, in a mutually beneficial way. He said this in a webinar on the agriculture sector of Pakistan in which 25 French companies participated. He

External financing could be compounded by difficulties, for Pakistan, in rolling-over bilateral debt from non-traditional donors and tighter international financing conditions, given the “anemic” economic outlook of Pakistan, with a growth rate of just 0.5% in the current fiscal year, as per the World Bank’s biannual flagship report “the South Asia Economic Focus”, released on

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Syed Shibli Faraz said that all the economic indicators were showing positive growth which manifested the fact that the present government had put the economy in the right direction. Speaking at the Meet the Editors program at the Secretariat of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), he