Sindh govt forms company for WB housing project

Karachi: Soon after the World Bank (WB) considered extending a Rs110 billion loan for the construction of houses for flood victims, the Sindh government formed a housing company duly registered with the Security and Exchange of ...

Shahrah-e-Bhutto realisation of Benazir’s Karachi Package of 90s: CM

Shahrah-e-Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, which is the new name of the Malir Expressway, is not merely a project but a realisation of Benazir Bhutto’s forward-thinking Karachi Package that she had announced in 1994-95 to introduc...

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Centre always treats Sindh like stepchild, complains Bilawal

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari complained on Saturday that the federal government had always meted out step-motherly treatment to Sindh. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of firs...

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Development spending falls off cliff in July-Dec

ISLAMABAD: The Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) has flattened to just Rs148 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year against revised allocation of Rs1.1 trillion amid substantial revenue shortfalls and the ...

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PSDP: Rs376.19bn authorised for Jul-Dec

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has authorised a total of Rs376.19 billion (34.2 per cent) out of Rs1.1 trillion budgeted allocation for development projects for two quarters (July-December) ...

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KP govt releases Rs79,584m for uplift projects

PESHAWAR: Advisor to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance and Inter-Provincial Coordination Muzammil Aslam, has said that the province has made significant progress in utilizing its annual development funds. He s...

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