Pakistan’s Textile Giants Warn of Export Collapse Without Budget Fixes

By Manik-Aftab ⏐ 3 weeks ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

ISLAMABAD: Textile exporters in Pakistan have called on the federal government to reverse key budgetary policies, warning that continued disruption of supply chains could severely…

5 Laptops you can buy in under Rs. 35K in Pakistan – 2021

By Taha Abdullah ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

Laptops have seen a huge upturn in demand in the year 2020 with most education and business activity being shifted online. While smartphones can accomplish…

Virtual sessions held to present the Sindh Government’s FY2020-21 budget

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The Government of Sindh has presented its budget for the fiscal year 2020-2021. They have done so by conducting virtual sessions over the internet for…

Govt will announce Rs. 900 billion development budget for the next year: Special Assistant to PM

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Special Assistant to the PM on Political Affairs Naeemul Haq while expressing his view on the government’s first-year performance report said that the government will…

Govt to cut 50% of HEC’s Budget for 2019-20

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr. Tariq Banuri while giving a briefing to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Education and Professional Training, has warned…

IT and Telecom Industry

IT and Telecom sector receives Rs.1.2 billion amount under PSDP

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The government of Pakistan has released Rs. 1.214 billion amount for Information Technology and Telecom sector under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). The government…

Pakistan IT

Govt approves Rs. 3.9 billion for science and technology departments

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology has recently approved/ endorsed Rs. 3.9 billion budget for FY 2019-20 demanded by the Ministry of Science…

Pakistan IT

Budget 2018-19: Govt proposes PKR 66 billion for Science & Technology sector

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Finance Minister of Pakistan, Dr. Miftah Ismail has officially announced the annual budget of 2018-19 which assigns PKR 66 billion to Science and Technology, reports…

Budget 2018-19: Mobiles to get more expensive as govt proposes new taxes on imports

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistani government is planning on imposing new taxes on already heavily taxed sector of the country — mobile phone industry. Pakistan’s Federal Government has…

Custom Duty on Smartphones reduced, Budget 2017-18

By Ali Leghari ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Ishaq Dar Finance Minister of Pakistan presented the budget (2017-18) today. While giving out the budget speech Minister announced many perks for the IT sector.…

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Technology Startups will be given tax breaks, Budget 2017-18

By Ali Leghari ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Finance Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, has presented the Budget in NA today. The minister started the budget speech with the brief growth story of…

Budget Analysis 2017-2018

By Ali Raza ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 7 min read

The date has finally arrived, and later today, an official announcement regarding the Pakistan’s federal budget for the year 2017/18 is about to come. The…

Punjab Govt introduces Smart Monitoring software to develop annual budget

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Punjab Government, in collaboration with Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Planning and Development Department, has introduced “Smart Monitoring Development Projects” software to help departments…

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