March 16, 2021
NOWSHERA/ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the olive plantation would prove the best investment for Pakistan in terms of earning valuable foreign exchange and ensuring food security.
Launching the olive plantation drive in Amangarh in Nowshera district, he said the country had immense potential for plantation of olive trees owing to suitable topography and climate from north to south.
He was accompanied by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, Special Assistant on Climate Change Amin Aslam and others. Over 7,500 olive saplings are being planted at Nowshera as part of the initiative to promote olives cultivation and help save foreign exchange.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan says uninterrupted reforms process in railway is very imperative to steer out this national institute from deficit.
He was chairing a meeting on ongoing reform process in Pakistan Railways, progress in Karachi Circular Railway Project and Prime Minister s Railway Green Initiative, in Islamabad on Monday.
The Prime Minister said that an improved railway system would not only provide better transportation facilities to the people but will also help in resolving transport related issues and improving the economy.
The meeting was informed that a plan is under process to construct a special freight corridor for freight vehicles parallel to the Lahore-Karachi railway track through which Pipri will be connected to Karachi Port Trust to address the transport related problems of Karachi city.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Tuesday said the federal cabinet approved three important bills related to the SBP Amendment bill 2021.These bills were aimed at.
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March 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Tuesday said the federal cabinet approved three important bills related to the SBP Amendment bill 2021.
These bills were aimed at granting autonomy to the central bank, abolishing corporate income tax bill for fetching tax revenues up to Rs140 billion and fixing cash bleeding state-owned enterprises (SOEs) bill under the IMF programme.
He was addressing a joint news conference along with Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar, Minister of State for Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain, Secretary Finance Kamran Afzal, and FBR Chairman Javed Ghani at the PID here on Tuesday. Reporters raised critical questions about controversial SBP Amendments Bill 2021 related to lack of accountability of the SBP governor, targeting inflation, doing away with the Fiscal and Monetary Coordination Board and lack of definition of price stability in the proposed amendment bills under the dictates of the IMF.
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March 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Tuesday said the federal cabinet had approved three important bills related to the SBP Amendment Bill 2021.
These bills were aimed at granting autonomy to the central bank, abolishing corporate income tax bill for fetching tax revenues up to Rs140 billion and fixing cash bleeding state-owned enterprises (SOEs) bill under the IMF programme.
He was addressing a joint news conference along with Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar, Minister of State for Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain, Secretary Finance Kamran Afzal, and FBR Chairman Javed Ghani at the PID here on Tuesday. Reporters raised critical questions about the controversial SBP Amendments Bill 2021 related to lack of accountability of the SBP governor, targeting inflation, doing away with the Fiscal and Monetary Coordination Board and lack of definition of price stability in the proposed amendment bills under the dictates of the