To counter Punjab government’s fund-awarding frenzy, the federal government has also started granting cash to its MNAs from the province. The federal government has granted Rs. 37 billion in cash to MNAs from Punjab. The MNAs from Lahore alone have received Rs. 5.83 billion. Rs. 500 million ...

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar chaired the tripartite wrap-up meeting on Portfolio Review of USAID Projects in Pakistan at Ministry of Economic Affairs. The meeting was attended by officials of USAID and senior officers of the Provincial Governments & lined ...

ISLAMABAD-Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar has said that an amount of 194 billion rupees has been distributed among 16.9 million families under Ehsaas Programme during the last four months. In a Tweet, he said this happened for first time in history of Pakistan as ...

ISLAMABAD-Food department would provide 6000 flour bags at 118 shops of the district to facilitate masses.In line with special directives of the provincial government district administration has decided to provide flour and sugar to citizens on subsidized rates. As per instructions of Deputy ...

ISLAMABAD-Cash assistance of over 152 billion rupees has been distributed among more than 12.5 million working class people across Pakistan, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar in a ...

ISLAMABAD-Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar said that a sum of 60 billion rupees is being distributed among 5 million families in the Sindh under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme. Briefing the Prime Minister during his visit to Ehsaas Emergency Cash ...

ISLAMABAD-A total of Rs. 1.74 billion were distributed among 143,828 deserving families across the district so far under Ehsas Emergency Cash Program and Chief Minister Insaaf Imdad Program.This was disclosed by Assistant Director Benazir Income Support Program Sargodha Abbas Gondal in a briefing ...

ISLAMABAD-More than Rs490 million have been disbursed, under EKP(Ehsas Kafalat Program), among 40839 needy individuals in a transparent manner in Attock district. A source of EKP said this while talking to this journalist. As per details, in Attock tehsil Rs139.10 million have been disbursed among ...

ISLAMABAD - In a surprise, PIA distributed free tickets worth Rs 10 crore in previous tenure. Over the last ten years, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) allegedly distributed free plane tickets among various bureaucrats and politicians, causing huge losses to the national exchequer. The ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that first phase of Sehat Card Scheme is being launched from tomorrow. Briefing media in Lahore after Provincial Cabinet meeting in Lahore on Sunday, he said that under this Scheme, free health care ...