ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said on Thursday that subsidy on electricity bills was not a solution, therefore, people would have to pay their bills. Speaking to senior journalists on the prevailing power crisis in the country and mass protests against inflated ...

In the wake of IMF statement that the Fund has not been consulted on the fuel subsidy announced by the government, Minister of State for Petroleum Division Musadik Malik has clarified that the government is not giving fuel subsidy saying that it will increase the petrol prices for the rich and give ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has discontinued a subsidy on electricity bills to agriculture consumers in order to meet conditions placed laid forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the loan programme. A notification issued by the Power Division states, the “Federal ...

The federal government has withdrawn the subsidy the last government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had offered to the people on electricity bills link. In this connection, the Power Division issued a notification on Thursday which said that the relief of Rs5 per unit which was offered by ...

*ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to withdraw the subsidy of Rs.5 per unit from June 1, 2022, extended to electricity consumers using 700 units monthly across the country sans ToU (Time of Use) meters, under former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Relief Package on the pressure of ...

*ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor on Thursday said that the incumbent government had announced sufficient subsidy approving Rs150,000 per person for the government Haj scheme this year to facilitate middle and low income citizens.* In an interview with PTV ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday inaugurated Ehsaas Riayat Rashan Program to provide monthly subsidy to 20 million families on daily use items. Addressing the inauguration ceremony, the premier said that the state is responsible for the uplift of the marginalised segment of the ...

A recent media report has brought to light that the government of Punjab has to pay Rs. 8 billion and Rs. 10 billion per year as subsidies for the Orange Line Train and the Metro Bus project respectively. The report also suggests that the Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, ...

In order to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of National Food Security & Research has launched a markup subsidy scheme under the Fiscal Package announced by the Prime Minister for the agriculture sector. As per details, an amount of Rs 6.861 billion would be spent for a ...

ISLAMABAD- Secretary Agriculture Punjab Wasif Khursheed said Punjab government was offering smart subsidy on fertilizers and seeds of different crops. According to official details, during 2019-20, the subsidy through  E-voucher was given to 450,000 farmers . He said 350,000 avail subsidy on ...