ISLAMABAD - PML-N government, ostensibly upset by rising power generation cost which usually leads to high power subsidy, has adopted a new course of action for power generation policy by deciding to launch four new schemes of converting furnace oil/gas based plants into coal including two new coal ...

LAHORE - The Punjab government on Wednesday approved eleven development schemes of various sectors of the economy with an estimated cost of Rs 6.04 billion. These schemes were approved in the 34th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party.The approved development schemes included: Urban ...

IslamabadThe Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) to conduct special audit of all the development schemes initiated under People’s Welfare Program PWP-II by former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.The court issued notices to former finance secretary Abdul ...

lahore - The Punjab government has approved twenty one (21) revised on-going development schemes of various sectors of the economy with an estimated cost of Rs25.72 billion. These schemes were approved in the 33rd meeting of Provincial Development working Party of current fiscal year 2012-13 ...

lahore - The auto industry experts believe that the much trumpeted amnesty schemes has caused a loss of Rs 15 billion to national exchequer.According to simple mathematics, the experts believe that amnesty schemes announced and trumpeted in a manner as if it has brought in additional revenue ...

ISLAMABAD - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has initiated an inquiry into the affairs of registered companies that were accused for defrauding the general public by offering them investment opportunities in illegal schemes.The SECP has taken the action on various ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that it was the development strategy of the government to complete on-going projects on priority basis. He asked the parliamentarians to focus on completion of projects having direct bearings on the standard of living of the people.The Prime Minister was ...

LAHORE  - Punjab Labour Minister Haji Ehsaanuddin Qureshi has said the government will provide required funds to complete ongoing development projects launched by the department.   According to a handout issued here on Sunday, he said new welfare schemes would be initiated specially ...

LAHORE – The Punjab government has made amendments in “The Punjab Private Housing Schemes and Land Sub Division Rules 2010” through a gazette notification according to which no private developer will be allowed to acquire private land, falling in his proposed housing scheme, on ...

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority has issued notices to 21 private housing schemes, including some under-construction schemes, in order to acquire possession of mortgaged plots in these schemes. LDA formally served notices to the schemes after their administrations failed to meet the ...

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PESHAWAR - Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has directed for completion of people welfare schemes in district Kohistan through project committees of local elders keeping in view inaccessibility and weather situation of the area. He reached village Saglo, Union Council ...

LAHORE - The government has failed to force the management of the Education Housing Society, one of the biggest housing scandals, either to provide the plots to the affectees or return their hard-earned money. FIRs have already been registered against the perpetrators. More than 4,500 affectees, ...

ISLAMABAD - At a time when around 10 to 100 per cent tariff increases is on the cards, two gas utilities have sought increase in tariff to complete parliamentarians schemes which are seemingly contrary to the prescribed laws, reliably learnt. The increase in gas tariff indication might be ...

KARAK Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department will not run its water supply schemes if the people did not start depositing their monthly water bills on regular basis, as there was a huge gap between the consumption and the revenue. This was informed by the XEN Public Health Engineering ...

JHANG (APP) - As many as Rs2.024 billion are being spent for completing 493 public welfare and development schemes which is a record in the history of district Jhang. This was stated by District Coordination Officer (DCO) Jhang, Muhammad Shahid Niaz while addressing a media conference at Jinnah ...

LAHORE - The City District Government Revenue Department has started process for the recovery of Rs 15.81 billion from 91 housing schemes in the City for illegally selling 4,495 kanal government land, sources informed TheNation on Tuesday. The district collector has issued notices to 91 housing ...

ISLAMABAD - The SECP has said that its deadline for second phase of the amnesty schemes will close on August 31, 2010. Talking to TheNaiton Media Coordinator SECP said that under these schemes the companies had been provided an opportunity to get themselves regularised by filing their overdue ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched four special schemes with three NWFP specific for the facilitation of farmers and traders of the militancy affected province. The four schemes include write-off/remission of the agricultural loans of the farmers of Malakand Division and ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The federal government has chalked out a comprehensive five-year plan of Employment Guarantee Schemes for job creation and skills development of educated youth of less- developed areas to check extremism and terrorism in the country. The Tenth Five Year Plan (2010-2015) has been ...

KARACHI (APP) - The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) met Thursday under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Munawar Opel and considered eleven Schemes of various departments. The meeting considered a scheme of Works and Services Department regarding construction ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Development Working Party has approved six development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 196.321 million. Schemes relates to strengthening and improving of health facilities in the rural areas of Islamabad, establishment of Basic Health Unit at village Kirpa and ...

LAHORE (PR) - Punjab Governor Salman Taseer presided over a meeting of the regional heads of the federal departments which have been assigned provision of civic amenities to the public at large, at Governors House here on Tuesday. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the development projects of ...

ISLAMABAD - Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Review Committee in its meeting held under the chairmanship of Secretary Environment has approved 7 CDM projects costing $ 300.440 million (Rs 2.410 billion) in energy and waste to heat recovery sectors for reduction of heavy fuel oil usage for power ...

KARACHI- In light of the lessons learnt during the recent market situation, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), in consultation with the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan, has introduced the criteria for categorization of open-end schemes managed by Asset Management ...

KARACHI - Provincial Minister for Culture and Tourism Ms. Sassui Palijo has said that the government has approved various schemes for development of Gorakh Hills which is a tourism spot in Sindh. Speaking at a press conference at Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium on Saturday she briefed the journalists ...

KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has urged the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) to come up with plan for profitable self-employment occupations for overseas Pakistanis who are losing their jobs due to recession and are planning to come back to ...

KARACHI - The growth in the public and private savings, mobilised by the National Saving Schemes, has sharply increased by 219 per cent during October, the highest level since July FY09. During October FY09, the national saving schemes fetched Rs 13.884 billion, showing a growth of Rs 9.472b or 219 ...

LAHORE - Differences between MPAs and nazims of the corresponding union councils is hampering the execution of development schemes identified by the City District Government and Town Municipal Administrations in their respective annual development programme (ADP) for the ongoing fiscal year. ...

ISLAMABAD - The government has approved 47 development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 50.1 billion, which would be completed during the next three to eight years. Central Development Working Party, headed by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission M Salman Faruqui, approved these projects ...