PM for linking Thar coal mines with railway network

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to link the Thar Coal Mines with the country’s railway network by March 2023. During a meeting chaired by the prime minister, it ...

Rs3bn Wagah check post project to be completed next year

LAHORE: The pace of work on the Rs3bn Wagah Joint Check Post Expansion Project on the Pakistan-India border has been accelerated to complete it with a new look by the end of the next year. The project was formally signed on F...

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Govt to expedite process of transferring PWD’s uplift projects to provincial govts

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to expedite the process of transferring the ongoing development projects under the dissolved Public Works Department (PWD) to the provincial governments. In a meeting chaired by Federal M...

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Driving development via local govts

The declining trend witnessed in the funds allocated towards the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) over the last decade looks set to continue, with the Senate Standing Committee on Planning and Development being told by...

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Minister directs early completion of uplift projects

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Food Zahir Shah Toru has directed that all projects under the ‘Awami Agenda Programme’ must be completed promptly and with full transparency, in line with the vision of Pakistan Tehr...

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KP PDWP approves projects worth Rs3.5b

PESHAWAR: The fifth meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved projects worth over Rs3.5 billion. The meeting of the PDWP was held with Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Planning...

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