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 […]
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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ISLAMABAD: The coalition government has given an unprecedented Rs2.24 trillion in tax exemptions during the outgoing fiscal year. According to a report, the Rs2.24 trillion worth of tax exemptions were 28% higher than the previous fiscal year. They were equal to 43% of the total exemptions given by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government during its
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday called upon universities to play an active role in preventing intolerance, extremism and violence in society, particularly among students, and guide them towards a positive mindset. The universities, he said, should arrange regular capacity-building training sessions for their management and faculty members to inculcate in students the ability
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