Federal Minister for Planning and Development Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar says Finance Ministry has entered into an agreement worth 3.4 billion dollars with Asian Development Bank for budgetary support. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Saturday, he said a sum of 2.1 billion dollars will be ...

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar said the government would timely complete the Kartapur Corridor to provide easy access to Sikh devotees besides promoting religious tourism. He was chairing a meeting on development of Gurdwara Kartarpur Corridor here. ...

Planning Minister Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar says scope of CPEC has been expanded with focus on industrial and agriculture cooperation, socio-economic development, trade and market access. Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Friday, he said creation of CPEC Business Council, with representation from ...

Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohamad arrived in Islamabad this evening on a three-day visit to Pakistan. He was warmly received by Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Nur Khan airbase in Islamabad. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Minister in Waiting Makhdum Khusro Bakhtya were ...

Minister for Planning and Development Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar says developing inland water transportation network can greatly reduce cost of transporting cargo within the country.  Talking to Director General National Logistics Cell, Major General Asim Iqbal in Islamabad, he said NLC can take ...

Minister for Planning and Statistics Division Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar has underlined the need for devising a strategy for automation of data collection in order to have authentic economic statistics for better policy making. The Minister, who also holds the additional portfolio of Statistics ...

Says Pakistan, US enjoy decades old good relations.Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of National Assembly Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar has said that Pakistan and the United States enjoy decades old good relations and these ties are vital for the region. He said intelligence sharing is imperative ...