NTC’s budget sent to ECC for approval ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has sought the Economic Coordination... Updated 10 Apr, 2023 08:29am
Pakistan Does airports’ outsourcing fall within scope of PPPA Act? ISLAMABAD: The Aviation Division is to outsource three airports on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, after the... Updated 07 Apr, 2023 12:55pm
Print Live animals, products: ECC approves amendments to import policy ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved amendments to import policy with... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:47am
Print Rs321.733m old dispute ECC scraps proposed draft IA between KE and FBR ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has scrapped the proposed draft Implementation... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 09:30pm
Editorials Reasons for FDI drought EDITORIAL: The ECC (Economic Coordination Committee) of the cabinet seems to have its hands full these days, but for... Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am
Print Kirthar exploration licence: ECC approves grant of second two-year renewal ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved the grant of second two years’... Updated 04 Apr, 2023 09:04am
Print SNGPL told to supply gas to 2 urea plants for interim period sans subsidy ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Gas (Petroleum Division) has directed Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited ... Updated 01 Apr, 2023 08:45am
Print Airports’ outsourcing: ECC approves draft TASA for hiring IFC as TA ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved the draft Transaction Advisory... Updated 31 Mar, 2023 08:55am
Pakistan Pakistan moves ahead on plan to outsource three airports International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, qualified as transaction advisor Published 30 Mar, 2023 07:30pm
Editorials ECC decisions EDITORIAL: Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC), the highest economic decision-making body in the... Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Print Three airports: ECC all set to reconsider engaging IFC as transaction adviser ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is all set to reconsider Aviation Division’s... Updated 30 Mar, 2023 08:28am
Business & Finance Non-payment of Rs321.733m duty by KESC: ECC to approve pact to settle 27-year-old dispute today ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet on Thursday (Mar ... Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Pakistan PM directs early release of funds for Fata schemes ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that funds for the various schemes for Fata should be... Published 29 Mar, 2023 06:27am
Print Remdesivir 100mg price: Ministry directed not to further liaise with HC in BD ISLAMABAD: The government has directed Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination not to... Updated 29 Mar, 2023 09:05am
Print KE consumers: Govt files motion with Nepra for recovery of two QTAs of Rs6/unit ISLAMABAD: The federal government has filed a motion with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra)... Updated 29 Mar, 2023 09:03am
Pakistan 7th census: PBS demands remaining Rs12bn ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has demanded the remaining Rs12 billion for conducting the 7th... Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Print Reko Diq dispute: ECC approves Rs6.2bn mark-up payment ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved a mark up payment of Rs6.238 ... Updated 28 Mar, 2023 08:49am
Editorials Sharp decline in cotton production EDITORIAL: While it is not really surprising that Pakistan’s per acre cotton production has dropped to half the... Updated 28 Mar, 2023 06:43am
Print ECC told: G-B working on targeted wheat subsidy plan ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet was informed that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is... Updated 26 Mar, 2023 10:21am
Print Govt to approve amendments to MA, PPA and NA of Uch Power ISLAMABAD: The government is to approve amendments to Master Agreement (MA), Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and the... Updated 24 Mar, 2023 08:51am
Business & Finance Industry intimated: No non-budgeted subsidy on sugar export: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has conveyed to the country’s sugar industry that no non-budgeted subsidy... Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am
Print Exchange losses: ECC approves Rs27bn TSG for Kuwait Petroleum ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, Tuesday, approved an immediate technical... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 09:00am
Print Kuwait Petroleum receivables: PD seeks Rs27bn from MoF ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Division has sought Rs 27 billion from Finance Ministry to clear outstanding receivables of... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 09:09am
Editorials Relief packages: a euphemism for subsidies EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced two relief packages, read subsidies, for the poor and... Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am
Print Too tight fiscal space: MoF bans SGs, subsidies Cites limited fiscal space and cap on expenditures as reasons Updated 21 Mar, 2023 09:02am
Print No subsidized gas for fertilizer plants after May Decision taken at a recent meeting of the ECC when supply of subsidized gas to two urea fertilizer plants in Punjab came under discussion Updated 21 Mar, 2023 01:05pm
Print PPIB gives TCB-1 three more months for financial close ISLAMABAD: The Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has granted three months (till December 31, 2023)... Updated 21 Mar, 2023 08:57am
Print Cotton: huge output shortfall projected Cotton production will be merely 4.78 million bales against the target of 09 million bales due to damage by the floods and decline in the area Updated 19 Mar, 2023 12:20pm
Business & Finance Sugar export: Shipment period extended on exporters’ plea ISLAMABAD: The government has increased shipment time for the export of sugar after sugar exporters expressed ... Published 18 Mar, 2023 06:14am
Print Urea production: Fertiliser plants to get gas till May 31st: ECC ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to supply indigenous gas to urea... Updated 16 Mar, 2023 10:00am