Topic: Spending

Tags: Obama Signs Spending Bill Averts Shutdown
December 19, 2011

Obama signs spending bill, averts shutdown

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Sunday faced a new congressional gridlock over a ...

Tags: Govt Spending Rs 71b Social Sector Anwar
November 14, 2011

Govt spending Rs 71b on social sector: Anwar

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The Punjab government is spending an amount of Rs 71 billion on the ...

Tags: Obamagates Scam Military Spending
April 23, 2011

The Obama-Gates scam on military spending

Last week Barack Obama announced that he wants to cut $400 billion in military spending and said he ...

Tags: Spending Prsp 11pc
March 10, 2011

Spending on PRSP up over 11pc

ISLAMABAD - The government spent Rs 465.341 billion on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme ...

Tags: Govt Urged Stop Extravagant Spending
January 22, 2011

Govt urged to stop extravagant spending

ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The government must put a check on its non-developmental expenditures and stop ...

Tags: Meet Runaway Deficit Spending
January 07, 2011

How to meet runaway deficit spending?

KARACHI - In a bid to finance runaway deficit spending in the absence of tax reforms, the ...

Tags: 7m Spending Edible Oil Import Shame Agri Country
August 05, 2010

$7m spending on edible oil import shame for agri country

FAISALABAD - Speakers at a workshop on 'Edible Oil Seed Crops: Threats and challenges from ...

Tags: Merkel Rebuffs Calls German Spending
June 25, 2010

Merkel rebuffs calls for more German spending

FRANKFURT (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected on Thursday a call by US President ...

Pepco spending Rs57,041 million on 30 projects to revamp power supply

LAHORE Funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB), the Pakistan Electric ...

Tags: Katona Goes 140k Spending Spree
January 24, 2010

Katona goes on 140k spending spree

KERRY Katona has reportedly spent her mortgage money on clothes and trips to the spa. The former ...

Tags: Consumer Spending Rises Incomes Fall
August 05, 2009

US consumer spending rises, incomes fall

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US consumer spending rose in June, but incomes plunged as a result of the end of ...

Tags: Govt Blindly Spending Funds Roads Carpeting
May 25, 2009

Govt blindly spending funds on roads carpeting

LAHORE - Unnecessary carpeting of roads, mostly those of newly-constructed ones, is on the rise in ...

Tags: Obama Trim Wasteful Earmark Spending
March 12, 2009

Obama to trim wasteful 'earmark' spending

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared war on congressional pet ...

Tags: Consumer Spending Ticks
March 03, 2009

US consumer spending ticks up

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US consumer spending ticked up 0.6 percent in January after six months of ...

Tags: Obama Seeks 6637b 2010 Defence Spending
February 27, 2009

Obama seeks $663.7b for 2010 defence spending

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed defence spending of $663.7 ...

Tags: Deficit Contain Help Spending Reductions
January 30, 2009

Reductions in spending help contain deficit

ISLAMABAD - Major cuts in the development spending and oil subsidies proved helpful in keeping the ...

Complications multiply after spending $1102.3m on project

LAHORE - The variety of problems are in full swing, especially in water and power sector of the ...