At 11 p.m. on August 13, 1947, the well-known presenter Zahur Azar announced from All-India Radio’s (AIR) Lahore station: “At the stroke of midnight, the independent sovereign state of Pakistan will come into existence.” An hour later, Azar stated eloquently: “This is Pakistan Broadcasting Service, Lahore. We now bring to you a special programme on […]
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 on the floor of the National Assembly on Friday amid smooth proceedings with the opposition missing from the benches. Dar said the government had set a modest growth target and despite being an election year, presented a responsible and balanced budget and not
ISLAMABAD: The government’s allocation of Rs97.098 billion for education affairs and services in the federal budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 has drawn attention and criticism for its modest increase of around 5.5 percent compared to the revised allocation of the current fiscal year. With Pakistan’s public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP
GILGIT (APP): Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan Muhiudeen Wani on Friday said the regular budget of Gilgit-Baltistan has increased to Rs51 billion in the federal budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 which was a significant rise from last year’s Rs47 billion, representing an increase of approximately 8.5 per cent. He said additionally the development budget had seen
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs8 billion for the stalled mega road projects in Chitral. In the outgoing fiscal year, the federal government had allocated Rs6 billion for five mega road infrastructure projects of Chitral in the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2022-23. According to budgetary documents available with ChitralToday, an
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