Pak 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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