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Govt will increase tax to GDP ratio

By: Haq Nawaz | September 08, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said that government had inherited serious economic problems from the very beginning and had to take some difficult and politically 'unpopular decisions ...

PM reinstates Khalid as CCP chairman

By: Haq Nawaz | September 06, 2009

ISLAMABAD - After members of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CPP) felt offended by the removal of their head Khalid A Mirza and asked the government to revisit its decision, Prime Minister ...

Ecnec approves 10 small dams

By: Haq Nawaz | September 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), headed by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, Thursday, approved 20 projects, with an estimated cost of Rs 260 billion in various ...

Zardari for disbursement of support funds

By: Haq Nawaz | September 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday called upon the United States to expedite reimbursement of the 1.6 billion dollars of the outstanding payments in Coalition Support Fund (CSF), early ...

Fulfil your zest, says Farhat

By: Haq Nawaz | September 01, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The Presidency on Monday rebuffed the PML-Ns charges of 'behind the scene role in the ongoing media campaign against the latters leadership and 'character assassination of some opposition ...

Govt to make employees partners in 80 SOEs under BESOS

By: Haq Nawaz | August 29, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The government will make employees partners in some 80 State Owned Entities (SOEs) identified for Benazir Employees Stock Option Scheme (BESOS). Syed Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister for ...

Govt to initiate self-accountability process: PM

By: Haq Nawaz | August 28, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Thursday, reaffirmed to initiate accountability of his own government to set a new trend. Talking to reporters after addressing the 12th Annual ...

OGDCL employees handed over 12pc shares

By: Haq Nawaz | August 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Privatisation, Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed Naveed Qamar, has asked workers to take good care of public sector companies, as they have been made owners of ...

Something cooking up but not so soon

By: Haq Nawaz | August 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The influential quarters have become active to implement their recently unfolded roadmap, which targets next 6 months to one year time frame for accepting Pakistan Peoples Partys future ...

Bhasha Dam to cost Rs894b

By: Haq Nawaz | August 21, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC), Thursday, finally gave a nod to building the much-delayed Diamer-Bhasha Dam with an estimated cost of Rs 894 billion. The ...

Amendments in FCR endorsed

By: Haq Nawaz | August 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday endorsed changes in Frontier Crime Regulation (FCR) terming the more than a century old law for tribesmen ...

ECC orders USC to sell sugar at Rs38 per kg

By: Haq Nawaz | August 12, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet Tuesday allowed the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to sell 75,000 tonnes of sugar per month from its outlets for the next two months ...

2 SC judges allowed to retire

By: Haq Nawaz | August 09, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday allowed two Supreme Court Judges, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar and Justice M Javaid Butter, to retire from service with immediate ...

'Do-more' demands not to die

By: Haq Nawaz | August 08, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The US demand to 'do more can be heard soon once it is confirmed publicly that the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, considered to be Pakistans enemy no 1, is no more alive. ...

US team concerned over energy crisis

By: Haq Nawaz | August 07, 2009

ISLAMABAD - A two-member US delegation Thursday expressed concern over the energy crisis and cash flow to the IPPs. We are looking how the US government can help overcome the energy crisis possibly ...

Council of Common Interests gets new look

By: Haq Nawaz | August 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday reconstituted the Council of Common Interests (CCI) with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as its Chairman in terms of Article 153 of the ...

Victory of democracy: Presidency

By: Haq Nawaz | August 01, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Welcoming the Supreme Courts verdict of declaring General (r) Pervez Musharrafs November 3, 2007 acts as unconstitutional, Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday termed the apex courts decision a victory ...

Zardari starts Tajikistan three-day visit

By: Haq Nawaz | July 28, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari is starting today his three-day visit to Tajikistan to strengthen political and economic relations between the two countries and present Pakistans approach ...

NFC reconstituted

By: Haq Nawaz | July 26, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has finally re-constituted the much-awaited National Finance Commission (NFC) under the chairmanship of Federal Finance Minister. Finance Division Saturday ...

Zardari asks IPPs to meet Dec deadline

By: Haq Nawaz | July 24, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday urged the private power producers to complete projects assigned to them expeditiously so as to end loadshedding by December this year in line with the ...

Zardari hails China handling of Xinjiang

By: Haq Nawaz | July 23, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Backing fully internal and external approach for promoting harmony, President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday commended China for handling the recent incidents in Xinjiang with great sagacity. ...

President admits outages taxing masses nerves

By: Haq Nawaz | July 22, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday called for stepping up efforts to finalise import of hydroelectric power from Tajikistan to help overcome acute energy shortage in the ...

Asif, Gilani meet soon to review LG system

By: Haq Nawaz | July 21, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet soon to decide the fate of local government system introduced by former President Pervez Musharraf in ...

Trade not aid key to economic development

By: Haq Nawaz | July 12, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday said that trade instead of aid was key to job creation, exports increase and economic turnaround. The government has been emphasising this upon the ...

World asked to do more for displaced

By: Haq Nawaz | July 11, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Friday said that massive support and assistance of the world community would be required to undertake the important 2nd phase of rehabilitation and ...

Zardari seeks access to world markets

By: Haq Nawaz | July 10, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday said that Pakistans economy was hit hard by almost a decade-long global war on terror in the region and inside the country, and asked the world to give ...

Top-3 mull US Helmand assault impact

By: Haq Nawaz | July 05, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Top leadership of the country Saturday reviewed progress on the current military offensive in South Waziristan Agency and also in the Malakand Agency, vowing to continue fight till ...

Anti-democracy constitutional clauses will go, says Zardari

By: Haq Nawaz | June 30, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said that Pakistan Peoples Party was keen to remove anti-democracy clauses from the Constitution, which had been injected by successive dictators to ...

Swat cantt to block militants' return: Zardari

By: Haq Nawaz | June 28, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The PPP leadership has initiated consultations with its coalition partners on the likely constitutional reforms package assigned to a 27-member parliamentary committee. Sources told that ...

US to help settle Kashmir dispute

By: Haq Nawaz | June 26, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday while asking for drone technology and halt to direct attacks on Pakistans soil pressed the US to play its due role in resolving the core issues of ...

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