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A high-powered committee, constituted by the Prime Minister for submitting recommendations to curtail government expenditures and cut government's size, has recommended closing, merger or handing over some government departments to the provinces. It was informed at a high level meeting of the committee held in Islamabad toady with Prime Minister…

Pakistan has reiterated its readiness to collaborate with member states and the United Nations to make peacekeeping more productive, result-oriented, and meaningful in promoting peace and security in line with the UN Charter. This was stated by Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Munir Akram while welcoming a…

Presenting the budgetary proposals in the National Assembly, Muhammad Aurangzeb said 75 billion rupees have been set aside for special areas including AJK and Gilgit Baltistan, 64 billion rupees for merged district and 79 billion rupees for Science and IT. Similarly, he said that fifty billion rupees are being set…

A special federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today approved the Finance Bill 2024-25 for presentation in the National Assembly. Earlier, the Cabinet discussed the budgetary proposals. Source: Radio Pakistan

Presenting the budgetary proposals in the National Assembly, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced 25 percent increase in the salaries of government employees from Grade-1 to 16 and 20 percent from Grade-17 to 22. He also proposed 15 percent raise in the pension of retired government employees. The minimum wages are…

Muhammad Aurangzeb said grants worth 1,777 billion rupees have been earmarked for Benazir Income Support Programme, AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan, merged districts, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Railways and IT sector. The Finance Minister said the major volume of development budget manifests the government's resolve to develop infrastructure, transportation, energy and IT sectors…

Forty-seventh death anniversary of renowned newsreader of Radio Pakistan and broadcaster Shakeel Ahmed is being observed today. Shakeel Ahmed was born in 1908 in Indian city Malihabad. His real name was Wakeel Ahmad. Shakeel Ahmad read the first news bulletin of Radio Pakistan's history in 1947. During 1965's Pak-India war,…