Pakistan is planning to issue the inaugural Panda Bond tranche in January, with the expectation of raising $250 million, the finance ministry said on Friday. The ministry confirmed the development in a statement after Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired a meeting to review progress on the bond’s issuance. During the meeting at the Finance Division, […]
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Planning minister review pace of uplift projects
A high-level meeting of Deputy Commissioners from all districts across Sindh was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Minister for Planning and Development, Jam Khan Shoro, to review the progress of development schemes in detail. Chairman of the Planning and Development Board, Najam Ahmed Shah, along with all district Deputy Commissioners, participated via online briefings. […]
CDWP approves 12 projects worth Rs 35.4bn, recommends six to ECNEC
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives/ Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Professor Ahsan Iqbal chaired a meeting of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) that approved 18 development projects across critical sectors of national growth. “Development is not just about projects; it is about people, performance, and purpose. Every initiative we approve […]
Govt allocates Rs 40.5 bn for GB development projects: Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said that in the light of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s instructions, we were working for the development of Gilgit-Baltistan on priority basis. He explained that the development package included in PSDP envisaged hydel power generation and transmission projects, connectivity projects for tourism, youth skill and scholarship […]
Asad defends GDP growth, says IMF, WB projections not always true
ISLAMABAD: Putting up a fierce defence to the estimated GDP growth rate, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Tuesday said that the growth rate of 3.94 percent predicted by the National Accounts Committee (NAC) for the outgoing fiscal year was based on real figures and data. The figure was not fudged […]
WORLD TOWN PLANNING DAY 2020
Year 2020 advances towards end and with that, it brings about 71st anniversary of World Town Planning Day. The concept of world urban planning day has been reformed from a day to a week in which every day, a new aspect of urbanization is marked and pondered upon. One of those days is known as […]
Dr Salman Shah appointed as an adviser to CM Punjab
Dr Salman Shah has been appointed by the government of Punjab as an adviser on economic affairs and planning to Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar. After the resignation of Akram Chaudhry from his post, Salman Shah was appointed as the adviser. Chaudhry also excused himself from taking the post of Chairman of Food Authority. Chief […]
UK begins preparations for ‘zombie’ European polls
The prospect of Britain holding European elections would have been unthinkable just weeks ago but with the Brexit timetable now uncertain, the country is reluctantly planning for a possible campaign. Village halls and schools across the country are being booked as polling centres, and orders placed with specialist stationers for tens of millions of ballots […]
The issue of poor traffic planning and mismanagement on the roads
Turbat was designed as the second biggest city by the British in late 19th Century. The city was designed to cater to the needs of 100,000 people only. In 1951, its population was 199,735 and according to estimates, the population of Turbat was 1.3 million in 2012. Turbat is the only major urban city of […]