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BUDGET IT

ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP): Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar Friday said that an amount of Rs 11 billion would be spent on provision of new telephone lines for broadband services …

Federal PSDP 2016-17 – Salient features

ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Following are the salient features of the Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the year 2016-17, released by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms …

300,000 more needy to be enrolled in BISP: Dar

ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar Friday said that 300,000 more needy persons would be enrolled in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) …

Budget-Defence

ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP): Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Friday announced an increase of 11 per cent in the country’s defence budget from Rs 767 billion of 2015-16 to Rs 860 …

BUDGET-ROAD

ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP): Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar Friday said for construction of three-phased Lahore-Karachi Motorway project, Rs 34 billion, Rs 19 billion and Rs 2.5 billion were …

BUDGET-Framework

ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar Friday underlined the salient features of Mid Term Macro Framework by targeting GDP at 7 per cent, Federal Deficit at 3.5 …

State Guest House to be built in capital

ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP): A State Guest House will be constructed in the federal capital with an estimated cost of Rs 2 billion. The State Guest House, the first in …

BUDGET-PSE

ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar Friday said index in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) had crossed 36,000 points in the previous fiscal year and was …

BUDGET-Debt

ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP): Minister for Finance senator Ishaq Dar Friday said during the next fifteen years, efforts would be made to bring down the public debt to 50 per …