Parties give go-ahead to China-Pak corridor
ISLAMABAD: Doubts expressed by the political leadership over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor were partially addressed by the government on Thursday and an all-party conference held at the prime...
View ArticleSpotlight: Pakistan hails CPEC as fate changer, vital in driving economic growth
ISLAMABAD, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has hailed the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a fate changer, saying it is vital in helping drive its economic growth. The CPEC is a 3,000-kilometer...
View ArticleFBR raids ‘illegal’ investment exhibition
ISLAMABAD: An investment exhibition, inviting the crème de la crème of society to put their money in real estate opportunities in the Middle East, does not sound like the kind of place the government...
View ArticleSpecial committee to oversee CPEC project
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the country’s top political leadership has agreed to set up a special bicameral parliamentary committee for regular oversight of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...
View ArticleFBR sees no hope for recovery of money in Swiss accounts
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday dashed hopes of any success in recovering the money stashed by Pakistanis in Swiss accounts. Shahid Hussain Asad, Member, Inland Revenue...
View ArticleMuch ado about ill-gotten funds
AMID much political discourse over the issue of money earned through corruption, tax evasion and fraud in Pakistan and stashed away in Swiss banks, the authorities in Switzerland have cold-shouldered a...
View ArticleSenate committee questions FBR data
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance complained on Friday that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and other government agencies had tarnished the country’s image by releasing incorrect...
View ArticleChina urged to include dam in CPEC projects
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked China to include Diamer-Bhasha dam in energy projects to be undertaken under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “We have proposed to the Chinese government to...
View ArticleKhattak threatens ‘extreme step’ over CPEC project
Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and members of provincial assembly addresses a press conference in Peshawar. — INP PESHAWAR: The political...
View ArticlePM to head steering committee to oversee CPEC implementation
ISLAMABAD: Participants of a consultative meeting on Friday, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at his office, decided to form a steering committee headed by the prime minister to oversee...
View ArticlePakistan Eyes 2018 for China-Funded Mega Dam Opposed By India
Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of disputed Kashmir, with work beginning next year, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an...
View Article‘High priority project for Pakistan’: Islamabad eyes 2018 start to...
Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of disputed Kashmir, with work beginning next year, planning minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an...
View ArticlePML-N unwilling to share CPEC control?
ISLAMABAD: With the controversy surrounding Panamagate and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s extended stay in London following heart surgery dominating headlines, progress on the China-Pakistan Economic...
View ArticlePR No. 62 AHSAN IQBAL BRIEFING SENATE FORUM FOR POLICY RESEARCH AT PIPS...
Print Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal has stated that CPEC would enlist Pakistan among top 25 economies of the world by 2025. He further said that US $50...
View ArticlePakistan turning into a water-scarce country, say experts
HYDERABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Dr Ahsan Iqbal has warned that there is a potential threat from climate change and other factors which may cause a water crisis in the country...
View Article'China will make dam project India objects to part of its CPEC project in...
NEW DELHI: Pakistan claimed on Monday that China has offered to make a dam project on the Indus River that India objects to, a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), said the state-run...
View ArticleTo avoid reaction from India, China mum on building dam in PoK
Beijing: China on Thursday avoided commenting on claims in the Pakistani media that Beijing will fund the $14 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam in PoK and has agreed to include the project in the...
View ArticleWealth trail lost in a maze
THE revelations in the Panama Papers have revived the old grumblings and debate over how powerful people move money abroad after extracting it through corruption, tax evasion and frauds. The naming of...
View ArticleChina avoids comment on plans to build big dam in PoK
China today avoided commenting on claims in the Pakistani media that Beijing will fund the USD 14 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam in PoK and has agreed to include the project in the China-Pakistan Economic...
View Article‘CPEC will be exploitative if all provinces do not benefit equally’
ISLAMABAD: Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Akhtar Mengal has called the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) exploitative if it does not equally benefit all the provinces, particularly...
View ArticleNine SEZs to be established under CPEC: MPs’ body told
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was informed on Thursday that special economic zones (SEZs) will be established each in all the four provinces, federal...
View ArticleWestern route of CPEC to be completed by 2018
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of opposition parties criticised the government on Monday for its failure to allay their and the provinces’ concerns about the lack of development and non-establishment of industrial...
View Article‘Complete harmony on CPEC project’
ISLAMABAD: Calling it a “game-changer”, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said all the reservations regarding the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had been dealt with....
View ArticleBalochistan roads reopen, but little relief for GB
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of opposition parties criticised the government on Monday for its failure to allay their and the provinces’ concerns about the lack of development and non-establishment of industrial...
View ArticleChinese authorities approve inclusion of 3 Sindh projects in CPEC
Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal claimed Monday that the government has achieved total consensus among provinces as to the best way forward on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a...
View ArticleChina urges Pakistani leaders to resolve issues over CPEC project
ISLAMABAD: China on Saturday took notice of the recent political divide among local leaders over China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and urged the political parties to address their difference in...
View ArticleHarassed, Imprisoned, Exiled
Summary The government of Azerbaijan continues to wage a vicious crackdown on critics and dissenting voices. The space for independent activism, critical journalism, and opposition political activity...
View ArticleChinese President in Pakistan with $46 Billion Investment Plan
TRANS ASIA NEWS BEIJING/ CHINA: In a move being viewed as Beijing’s attempt to increase its influence in Asia, the Chinese President Xi Jinping is travelling to Pakistan where he is expected to...
View ArticleNBEAC brings together business schools for strategic level discussions
Islamabad Bringing together more than 100 academic administrators of the nationwide business schools for strategic level discussions on how to increase the quality of business education in the country,...
View ArticleBringing Pak money back from Swiss banks is wild goose chase
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to strike an agreement on exchange of information regarding bank accounts with the Switzerland but it would be a gigantic task to unearth roots of money and...
View Article‘FBR’s discretionary powers to be removed in Finance Bill 2017’
KARACHI: Senate Standing Committee on Revenue has assured the business community that laws related to discretionary powers of tax officials will be removed through Finance Bill, 2017. According to a...
View ArticleGovt to spend Rs250bn on infrastructure next year
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to allocate over Rs250 billion for infrastructure sector including energy and transport in budget 2015-16 that would have an overall Rs600bn development outlay....
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE (Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage of...
(Source: Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) Acting Ambassador of United States of America (USA) Jonathan Pratt called on Federal Minister...
View ArticlePak US Knowledge Corridor will be key to prosperous future: Ahsan Iqbal...
(Source: Ministry of Planning and Development of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) Acting Ambassador of United States of America (USA) Jonathan Pratt called on Federal Minister for Planning,...
View ArticleProvinces reject development plan proposed by federal govt
ISLAMABAD: Amid strong protest by provinces against federal government’s decision to withdraw funding for provincial health and education projects, the Planning Commission recommended on Tuesday a...
View Article3,600MW electricity will be added to grid by next month, says Ahsan Iqbal
Says due to the CPEC, Pakistan’s economy shifting from low-cost agriculture industry to high-value industrialisation ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said...
View ArticleMinister sees no decline in joblessness
ISLAMABAD: The minister for planning and development has disputed an assessment by the finance ministry that the country’s unemployment rate had fallen to six per cent, arguing that the joblessness...
View ArticleEven China Won’t Finance This Pakistan Dam as Water Fight Looms
China’s $45 billion push into Pakistan is skirting one of the Indian subcontinent’s most dangerous flashpoints. The proposed 4,500-megawatt Diamer Bhasha hydropower plant would eliminate about half of...
View ArticleTest of nerves: Pakistan’s four greatest Test victories
When in early 2014 Misbah-ul-Haq’s men dramatically defeated Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the third Test to square the series 1-1, the victory was rightly described as being one of the finest achieved by...
View ArticleSwiss accounts
At a time when money laundering and tax evasion have become big global and local debates, the Pakistan government has been slowly but surely pushing what can be done about tax evasion and money...
View ArticleSwiss accounts of Rs81 trillion no more secret
Pak-Swiss accord to avoid double taxation signed ISLAMABAD: The accounts in Swiss banks containing Rs81 trillion of Pakistanis would no more be secret now as Pakistan and Switzerland on Tuesday signed...
View ArticleNA budget debate degenerates into PPP vs PML-N match
ISLAMABAD: During an otherwise lacklustre sitting on Tuesday, lawmakers in the National Assembly questioned each other’s connection with the ‘common man’. The opposition asked when the government would...
View Article“China’s Stories, China’s Success- How China Transformed on the past 40...
(Source: ISSI - Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad) Press Release Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad March 18, 2016 The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration...
View ArticlePakistan eyes 2018 start for China-funded mega dam opposed by India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of disputed Kashmir, with work beginning next year, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in...
View ArticleWin some, lose some, Indus Waters Treaty continues
India has asked the World Bank not to rush in to resolve a dispute with Pakistan over the Kishanganga and Ratle hydropower projects. Indian officials told a World Bank representative in New Delhi on...
View ArticlePakistan’s Economic Disarray and How to Fix It (The Heritage Foundation)
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) How to Fix Pakistan's Economic Woes Although Pakistan's economic freedom has advanced modestly in recent years, led by upticks in investment freedom, monetary freedom,...
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