Sindh budget 2021-22 to be unveiled today By: Web Desk on June 15, 2021The Sindh government will announce its budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 with an outlay of over Rs 1.4 trillion in the provincial assembly on June 15. It will present a no-tax budget in the provincial legislature, to be announced by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his budget speech. Rs222 billion has been […]
Sindh govt being run from Canada: CJP By: News Desk on June 15, 2021Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Monday lashed out at Sindh government over unauthorised constructions and encroachments on public spaces. Presiding over a hearing of a case relating to the construction of a tower on Shahrah-e-Faisal, the chief justice remarked that one Younus Memon was running the affairs of provincial government from Canada. “If you can’t […]
Punjab budget 2021-22: Rs 560 bn for development, revenue collection target Rs 359 bn By: Web Desk on June 14, 2021LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Finance Hashim Jawan Bakht on Monday presented the Punjab Budget 2021-22 in the provincial assembly with a total outlay of Rs2.653 trillion with tax concessions worth Rs50billion, Rs196billion allocation for South Punjab, Rs370billion for the health sector and Rs 442billion for the education sector. Rs 54 billion would be spent on […]
Punjab cabinet approves budget worth Rs2.653 trillion By: Web Desk on June 14, 2021LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday approved the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 with an estimated total budget outlay of Rs2.653 trillion, including an Annual Development Programme (ADP) worth Rs560 billion. Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht presented the budget while the Punjab Cabinet authorized the 10% increase in salaries and pension of […]
No development in Sindh despite getting Rs 1.8tn in 3 years: Fawad By: News Desk on June 14, 2021Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that Rs 1,600 to Rs 1,800 billion have been provided to the Sindh government during the last three years and 27 percent more budget will be provided in the next fiscal year. Slamming the Sindh government on Sunday for failing to develop the province despite […]
PTI considers ‘governor rule’ a non-democratic, extra-constitutional step, says Fawad By: APP on June 13, 2021KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday ruled out possibility of imposing governor rule in Sindh, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government considered it a non-democratic and extra-constitutional step. However, the federal government was in favour of the implementation of Article 140-A of the constitution, which required the provinces to […]
Poorest of the poor top priority: govt By: APP on June 13, 2021Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin Saturday said that the main focus of inclusive growth-oriented federal budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 is uplift of the poor so that they do not have to wait for the trickledown effect of economic progress. “For the past seventy-four years, the low-income people have been waiting […]
Inclusive growth-oriented budget: poor should not wait for trickle down effect, says Tarin By: Web Desk on June 12, 2021ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Saturday said the main focus of the inclusive growth-oriented federal budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 was to uplift the poor so that they would not have to wait for trickle-down effect of economic progress. Poverty-stricken people have been waiting for the last 74 years, […]
PTI unveils Rs 8.5 trillion budget, GDP growth target set at 4.8% By: Wafa Sheraz on June 11, 2021All heads are turned towards the Parliament as Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin presents the budget 2021-22. The finance minister was greeted with high enthusiasm from opposition benches, with members shouting slogans and taunting him as he praised PM Imran Khan’s economic initiatives and said that the incumbent government doesn’t hesitate to take difficult decisions. He […]
Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-21: LSM grew up by 9%, agriculture 2.77% despite bottlenecks, says Shaukat Tarin By: Web Desk on June 10, 2021ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin is unveiling the Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-21 at a press conference in Islamabad and initiated the press conference by appraising Prime Minister Imran Khan’s policies in combating the coronavirus pandemic and the production of rapid vaccines to curb the deadly virus. The Pakistan Economic Survey is an annual report on […]