Finance Minister

By Mosharraf Zaidi: A lot has been written recently about the need to revisit and reduce the share of the provinces in the 7th National Finance Commission Award, but sadly…

Pakistan’s rupee hit a record low on Monday of 174.20 in intra-day trading against the U.S. dollar before closing at 172.78, below the previous close of 171.18, after reports of…

Shafaqna Pakistan: Prices of petroleum products may go up by Rs2.50 from August 15, as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary to the Finance Minister…

Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to formulate master plans for big cities of the country immediately to avoid growing environmental issues. He was chairing weekly meeting of National Coordination…

Once again the Cabinet has been reshuffled. Same face with changed portfolios will be again shown on the TV screens. Normally shuffling the federal cabinet six or seven times in…

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Dr Abdul hafeez Shaikh being sacked as the Finance Minister is a victory for the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).…

After its finance minister’s surprise exit, Thailand is looking for a new chief to steer its economy through the coronavirus crisis, with the outgoing central bank boss being linked to…

Finance ministry on Saturday said that the debt burden on the economy has reached up to 87.2 percent, terming the rise mainly due to the impact of coronavirus on the…

Finance Minister Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi on Wednesday said the Balochistan government had restored peace, stabilised economy, put the province on the path of development, reduced corruption and introduced reforms…

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday unanimously passed ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission Amendment Bill 2020’. Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani chaired the session during which provincial Law…

Shafaqna Pakistan: Former Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley passed away on Saturday at a local hospital in New Delhi after days of prolonged illness. He was 66. The Bharatiya Janata…

Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned Federal Minister for power Omar Ayub Khan and is expected to name his as the next finance minister. According to reports, former finance minister…

Shafaqna Pakistan: Finance Minister Asad Umar has decided to quit the Federal Cabinet instead of taking the energy ministry as desired by Prime Minister Imran Khan. In a social media…

Amid ruckus in the National Assembly, Finance Minister Asad Umar on Wednesday announced a package of measures to shore up strained public finances in a “mini-budget” that comes only months…

  An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in response to his prolonged absence from court.   The court had been…

  The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday decided to file references against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his three children, son-in-law and former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.    …

    Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday dismissed rumours about demonetisation of Rs5000 currency note and withdrawal of Rs40,000 prize bond. He said that such rumours were being spread…

    The foreign exchange reserves of the country have reached the new historic high of $24.5 billion, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Friday. The finance minister congratulated the…

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has aired its concern over the re-emergence of over Rs300 billion worth of circular debt, though crude oil prices have fallen persistently in the…

Web Desk: The Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar confirmed has confirmed that the federal budget will be presented before the Parliament on June 3, channel 24 reported. Earlier, there were rumors…