Category: Government

ISLAMABAD:Reducing the Government’s footprint in wheat and other crop markets to encourage a market-based allocation of resources in the sector will help productivity growth in agriculture. Also, a reduced government footprint in wheat markets will induce more farmers to diversify into other crops that are becoming increasingly relevant in the consumption basket of Pakistani households, […]

KARACHI:Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said the government had allowed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to arrest the former finance minister Shaukat Tarin for a wrong deed, which could cause loss to the country. He said an inquiry was completed against Shaukat Tarin and the permission to arrest him was granted at the request […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Commerce, Syed Naveed Qamar said on Sunday that the country was facing a challenging economic situation but through austerity and better use of resources, the government would overcome it. Talking to a private news channel, he said increase in exports was necessary for economic growth. Regarding the IMF, he stated that talks […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) Federal Minister Mian Javed Latif Saturday said government is committed to help providing basic necessities to earthquake hit affectees in Turkiye as people there suffering in a bad condition. Talking to a private news channel, he said that people and the government of Pakistan were standing with the quake victims […]

MUZAFFARABAD:Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan while terming the youth as the biggest asset of the nation has said that his government would utilize all available resources to empower youth, promote sports and culture in the state. The AJK prime minister said this while chairing a high-level meeting of the […]

ISLAMABAD:The government has set a target to impart training to over 2,800 olive farmers and stakeholders during the tree plantation campaign for the current season for encouraging and developing olive farming in potential areas across the country. “The aim of the initiative is to ensure the production of nutrient-filled hygienic edible oil by enhancing domestic […]

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided on the indiscriminate distribution of flour in the provincial capital through the representatives of the local government. The decision was taken on the request of the City Mayor of Peshawar, Haji Zubair Ali, said a statement issued here by the Commissioner Peshawar Division on Friday. In […]

ABBOTTABAD:Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday assured that the federal government would enure maximum relief to people after finalizing an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Addressing a news conference at Abbottabad Press Club, Marriyum Aurangzeb, who was flanked by Federal Minister Murtaza Javed Abbassi, said the first phase of […]