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Hiring Services of Policy Specialist For Delivery of Training on Policy Development and Gender Analysis (Pakistan Regional Economic Integration Activity (PREIA)) - Pakistan

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PTI rally at Lahore will be ?mother of all jalsas?, predicts Imran

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said that the PTI rally, scheduled to be held on April 30 at Minar-e-Pakistan, will witness the mother of all jalsas.He said this while visiting the venue of the event last night. “Never have I witnessed such junoon at jalsagah a night before our jalsa. InshaAllah, tomorrow Minar-i-Pakistan will witness the mother of all jalsas”.

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Traffic Plan for rally at Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore

Citizens should make maximum use of Rung Road for their movement: Roy Ejaz AhmedThe way will be kept clear for ambulances and other emergency vehicles: Roy Ejaz Ahmed Open routes for traffic1- Lahore Rung Road, Lower Mall Road, Outfall road are open for all types of traffic2- Mall Road, Jail Road, Canal Road and Ferozpur Road are open for all kinds of traffic.3- The road from Shahdra Chowk to Old Ravi Bridge are also open for traffic.Alternate routes1- Traffic from Mall Road, Secretariat to Shahdra Chowk can now move from Zila Kutchehry Chowk to Outfall Road and from Saggian to Rung Road and AlSaeed Chowk.2- For going from Shahdra Chowk to Lower Mall and Mall Road, citizens can use the routes from Saggian Outfall Road to Kutchehry Chowk via Rung Road.Heavy traffic will be diverted from following points to alternate routes:1-Kala Shah Kaku, 2- Kot Abdul Malik, 3- Faizpur Inter-change, 4- Dosako Chowk, 5- AlSaeed Chowk, 6- Shahdra Chowk, 7- Begum Kot Chowk and 8- Barkat PaliParking arrangementsGreater Iqbal Park, Forests Department Parking, Nasir Bagh Parking, Mochi Gate Parking, Kashmiri Gate Parking, Maulana Ahmed Ali Parking (single lane), Datanagar Parking (single lane)Manpower detail11 DSPs, 48 inspectors, 90 patrolling officers and 710 traffic wardens will perform duty under supervision of SP Traffic Saddar Division Sardar Asif Khan and SP City Division Asif Siddiq.18 folk lifters 2 breakdowns and 4 traffic squads will also be deployed for preventing wrong parking.People will be briefed moment to moment for guidance and felicitation through ‘Apps way’ and City traffic radio FM 88.6.Citizens can contact Police Helpline 15 for alternate traffic plan and guidance.Note: No parking will be allowed elsewhere except the parking. The participants of the rally are requested to cooperate with traffic police.

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No intention for IMF bailout package, says Miftah

Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail briefs the media persons during post budget press conference. -APPISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail Saturday said the federal budget for the year 2018-19 was balanced and focused on maintaining growth momentum gained during last five years, dispelling the impression that the government eyed on the upcoming election in the fiscal plan.Addressing the Post Budget Press Conference along with Advisor to the Prime Minister on Revenues Haroon Akhtar Khan, Federal Secretary Finance Arif Khan and Chairman Board of Revenue (FBR) Tariq Pasha, the minister said the budget was growth and relief-oriented.He said that it was the 6th budget of the incumbent government and efforts were made to provide maximum relief to the people.The government, he said, had proposed several measures for the uplift of industrial sector. Special incentives were provided to the manufacturing sector for enhancing exports, with imposition of duties to discourage import of luxury goods, he added.He said all major micro-economic indicators were showing resilience as exports witnessed about 24 percent growth during the last month and inflation reduced to a single digit. The government was determined to curtail the budget deficit, he added.Miftah Ismail said the government had secured $1 billion financing, which would help raise the level of foreign exchange reserves.The government, he said, had no intention for getting any bailout package from International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an effective strategy had been put in place that would help improve the national economy.“We have no intention to go for the bailout package. Efforts are being made to avoid the same,” he remarked.He expressed the confidence that foreign exchange reserves would further improve in the coming days due to prudent policies introduced by the government.Advisor Haroon Akhtar while speaking at the press conference, said the government had more than doubled the revenue collection, witnessing 20% annual growth rate and contained inflation at 4.5% during its five-year tenure.He said the provincial share from the divisible pool had increased from Rs 1300 billion to Rs 2300 billion.Haroon said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had taken visionary measures to facilitate taxpayers. The selection for audit in respect of all three taxes – Income Tax, Sales Tax and Federal Excise Duty – had been made risk-based and a case would not be audited more than once in three years for each tax, he added. The salaried class, he said, had been exempted from audit.He said previously grant of stay by the Commissioner (Appeals) was subject to payment of 25% of tax liability, which had now been reduced to 10%.The advisor said the decision of Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee had been made binding while the powers of commissioners were transferred to the FBR.Talking about promotion of exports, Haroon said the government took several measures for promotion of export of textile and other products. The measures included reduction in mark-up rates of LTFF and ERF to historic lows of 5 percent and 3 percent respectively, duty free import of textile machinery, uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity to the industry, zero-rating of five key export sectors, and introduction of Rs180 billion export package.He said that the government had also proposed steps in the current budget to protect local industry for reducing dependence on imports. Tax relief was given to dairy and agricultural sector, he said, adding that relaxation in taxes were announced to promote film industry.He rejected the misconception that the current budget was not a revenue generating one, saying the government had introduced many initiatives for revenue generation.The advisor said the super tax had been proposed to be continued for the financial year 2018-19, however, its rate might be reduced by 1% for both banking and non-banking companies.The super tax, he said, was imposed in 2015 for the rehabilitation of internally displaced persons, which continued in 2016 and 2017. Currently it was being charged at 4% on banking companies and 3% on non-banking companies, generating over Rs 500 million income, he added.He said the government would impose tax on remittances of more than Rs10 million in case their sources of earning were not justified.He said the FBR had an agreement with NADRA (National Database Registration Authority) for information sharing which would help expand the tax-base.Haroon said Miftah Ismail had given a good vision to take forward economy and also appreciated the team of FBR and other relevant departments for their untiring efforts in preparing the budget document.Replying to a question about the construction of sports stadiums, Miftah Ismail said that it was the project of Planning Commission which had decided in consultation with the ministries concerned the locations for setting up sports facilities in the country. “So, Finance Ministry neither takes any decision nor gives any dictation in this regard.”To a question regarding petroleum levy, the minister said the PML-N government had presented a realistic budget. Petroleum prices in Pakistan were at the lowest level among oil importing countries, he added.Adviser Haroon Akhtar, to a query, said to improve the current account deficit, the government had given an export package in its earlier budget plan that greatly helped in ‘triggering’ the exports. “If exports’ growth continued at the same pace we will have no need to go to anyone for financial assistance. There is no need to get panicked.”Answering a question about increased circular debt, Miftah Ismail said the government had added over 12,000 MW to the national grid during the last five years, which was a record in the country’s history and the increased power generation caused surge in the circular debt.The minister said the government was making efforts to clear the circular debt judiciously. Rs100 billion would be released to the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) soon and the remaining amount would also be cleared at the earliest.Responding to a question, Haroon Akhtar said due to the measures taken by FBR, the illegal trade of cigarettes in the country had declined to 35 per cent from 40 per cent. The government had introduced third taxation tier for the tobacco industry, which had helped increase tax revenues from the industry.“The measure has proved to be very positive as it has started showing results now,” he added.Appreciating the role of FBR in this regard, Miftah Ismail said the Board was doing a fine job in order to curb the illegal trade of tobaco.

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CM Murad accuses FBR of double taxation

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has accused the Federal Board of Revenue of double taxation after the tax authorities raised a demand of Rs4.32 billion income tax and withholding tax on goods against various departments of the Sindh government. This, he said, while presiding over a meeting today here at the CM House to decide the matter pertaining to FBR, RTO-III, Karachi that has raised a demand of thousands of rupees against various Sindh government departments/offices on account of payment of various taxes. Quoting the case of jute bags for food department, the chief minister said that the FBR has issued notices for recovery of RS260.4 million Income Tax with regard to purchase of jute bags, PP bags and tarpaulin during tax year, 2010-11 to 2015-16.He said that as a matter of fact the Jute industry is exempted from Income Tax according to a SRO issued by the federal government. He said that as regards, the PP bags etc. the Accountant General Sindh, at the time of payments had already deducted the tax. “This is a double taxation against the Sindh government,” he noted. The finance department officers told the chief minister that the principal amount of Income Tax is Rs435.277 million and Rs1.33 million is penalty while Rs3.89 billion is Withholding Tax on goods.During the scrutiny and deliberation in the meeting it was surfaced that the demand raised by FBR was on the basis of total budgetary allocation and blanked calculations without considering real time transactions and at-source deduction of the taxes by the office of the AG Sindh.The chief minister after going through the FBR orders said that the tax officers have passed orders ex-parte without hearing the concerned department. He was informed by different departments that in some cases, orders-in-original, show cause notices and hearing notices were not delivered to the relevant departments due to which the period provided to lodge appeals has become barred by time limitation and therefore they had requested for condonation so that they could lodge appeal to offer their defense at the relevant appellant forum. Chief Secretary Rizwan Memon told the chief minister that he had held a meeting with Chief Commissioner and Commissioner RTO-III on April 19, 2018 wherein the finance department was assigned to complete the reconciliation task with the FBR and other stake-holders. Therefore, he has directed all the departments and AG Sindh to be on board to complete the reconciliation task.The chief minister was informed that on cross verification, the tentative figures given by the AG Sindh indicated that out of total demand of Rs4.328 billion and amount of Rs645.522 million against Income Tax and Rs20.629 million against GST on goods have been deducted at-source by AG Sindh leaving behind a disputed amount of Rs3.662 billion against GST on goods which required reconciliation. The finance department has approached chief commissioner, FBR for withdrawing attachment orders and simultaneously contacted State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and National Bank of Pakistan for not entertaining such attachments made by it.Shah pointed out a letter of SBP to the NBP president dated August 30,2017, which reads as “Under the agency agreement executed between State Bank of Pakistan and National Bank of Pakistan, the NBP is authorized to act as collecting agent of State Bank of Pakistan. NBP is the sole banker. Furthermore, the funds lying in the government banking accounts are part of their consolidated account, out of which money can be withdrawn after due process of appropriation.”The letter further reads as “NBP thus has no authority to appropriate the receipts it is holding on SBP account pursuance of the notice issued by the taxation authorities. It is therefore, requested that all concerned in NBP may be directed not to make any appropriation of money held on principal account.” The chief minister said that the NBP is not authorized to appropriate amount from Sindh government account. He added that he would talk to federal finance minister to direct the FBR to attachment orders. “We would take strict action if the amount is withdrawn from the Sindh government accounts,” he warned. The chief minister directed the chief secretary to provide services of Sindh Revenue Board Tax Consultants to all the provincial governments departments so that they can deal such cases. There is also a need of capacity building of concerned provincial department officers who deal AG Sindh and FBR matters. He constituted a committee comprising SRB Consultant Mushatq Kazmi, Secretary Local Government Ramzan Awan and Special Secretary Finance Shohab to make necessary documentation and reconcile the claims made by the FBR.

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Two shopkeepers gunned down in Quetta

According to DIG Quetta, the armed men targeted the shopkeepers at electronics market who succumbed to the injuries at the spot.The police official said that the bodies of nephew and uncle were shifted to Civil Hospital for autopsy.A search operation has been launched after the incident. The police said that it could be due to personal rivalry as well but the investigation is still underway and nothing can be said conclusively at the point

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Pakistan to get $1 billion loan from a friendly country

KARACHI: Pakistan will get a loan of $1 billion from commercial bank of a friendly country to shore up fast depleting foreign currency reserves, Geo News quoted sources in State Bank of Pakistan as saying.Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves decreased to $17.13 billion in the week ending April 20, compared to $17.54 billion in the previous week, the SBP said on Thursday. After the loan, the reserves would cross $18 billion mark.There were no more details available in this regard, however, a news story in this paper last month had stated that the government is all set to ‘secure commercial loan of $1 billion to $1.5 billion from Chinese banks within the next two weeks’.The country had already raised $1.77 billion short-term commercial loans from various foreign banks, mainly Chinese, against a target of $1 billion for the current fiscal year of 2017/18.With the upcoming transaction, total short-term debt might go close to $3 billion mark.“The planned short-term loan transactions would be meant for two to three years period and efforts would be made to keep the rates low,” an official told The News.Pakistan requires dollar inflows to manage its financing requirements in the wake of yawning current account deficit. The current account deficit is projected to go up to $16 billion in the current fiscal as it stood at $10.4 in the first seven months of the FY18.“We have worked out that some non- debt inflows will pour in the remaining months of the outgoing fiscal year to check depletion of foreign currency reserves,” the official said.“We expect that the foreign direct investment will touch $3 billion mark as it had already poured to the tune of $1.6 billion in first seven months.”The official said the private sector credit in dollars will also bring sizeable inflows.“The remaining gap will be bridged through short-term commercial borrowings from international banks,” he added.“All requirements for obtaining loan in the range of $1 to $1.5 billion have been accomplished and it is hoped that this transaction will be done within first two weeks of next month (April 2018).”The country had already obtained $7.6 billion from multilateral and bilateral creditors in the current fiscal year but the foreign currency reserves held by the SBP continued to decline.Pakistan requires an immediate injection of $6 billion to $8 billion to keeping its foreign currency reserves afloat otherwise rapidly depleting reserves could deepen the crisis in coming months.

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Ailing hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed offered free heart transplant in India

Pakistan's World Cup winning hockey goalkeeper Mansoor Ahmed has been offered free of coast heart transplant surgery by a private Indian hospital, according Indian media.The offered has been made by the Fortis Group of Hospitals that assured him that the entire treatment would be free of cost, The Times of Indian reported.The offer came less than a week afterr Mansoor Ahmed made an emotional plea to the Indian government to grant him visa on medical grounds.He, however, had made it clear that he was not looking for financial assistance. According to the Times, Dr S Narayani, zonal director, Fortis (Mumbai) told Mumbai Mirror that the group will register Ahmed for a heart transplant in Mumbai and Chennai. “Once he gets a clearance from the government, we can get an assessment done to confirm whether he is fit enough to travel,” Dr Narayani said.

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Imran's Shaukat Khanum hospital accredited by US-based Joint Commission International

The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital has been accredited by US Joint Commission International, according to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan who has built the medical facility.The former cricket hero and philanthropist took to Twitter on Saturday and wrote "Today is one of the happiest & most fulfilling days of my life as I see SKMCH accredited by US Joint Commission International. This means that after a thorough audit lasting for days, SKMCH has been recognised internationally as a provider of world class services."According to Shaukat Khanum's website "Accreditation is a process in which an entity, separate and distinct from the health care organization, usually nongovernmental, assesses the health care organization to determine if it meets a set of requirements designed to improve quality of care. The initial accreditation survey by the US based Joint Commission International (JCI) will be conducted from April 23 to 27, 2018. QPSD facilitates and supports SKMCH&RC to achieve, sustain and exceed international accreditation standards".In a string of tweets, Khan congratulated to the hospital team "who have worked dedicatedly to achieve this great milestone. I want to thank all the doctors, nurses & staff (all Pakistanis) who have shown that Pakistanis, with commitment & determination, can build & sustain world class institutions."Imran Khan said: "What makes this recognition even more fulfilling is that SKMCH provides free medical treatment to 75 percent of its patients. This provision of world class treatment to the poor at par with that provided to paying patients is unique to

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Rs 25 bln earmarked for multiple uplift projects in Karachi

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mifta Ismail on Friday said the Prime Minister has announced a package of Rs 25 billion for Karachi to carry out major development schemes in the metropolis, including infrastructural and other social sectors facilities.Presenting budget speech in National Assembly, he underscored the significance of the port city's contribution toward national economy, saying; "Karachi is the commercial and trading hub of Pakistan and has a major contribution in the country’s revenue base."The finance minister added that so far, three projects covering roads and flyovers and up-gradation of firefighting system had been approved and Rs 3 billion had been earmarked during current financial year.He said an allocation of Rs 5 billion has been proposed in the PSDP-2018-19, adding, "on my personal request" the Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal had provided funds for expansion of Karachi Expo Centre.The minister said that the government has started issuing funds for the K4 water project in Karachi as it was agreed during tenure of the previous government that centre will pay one-third of the cost of the project, adding that federal government would also accomplish a new scheme of sea water desalination plant that will produce 50 million gallons of water per day for Karachiites.The minister said the Green Line Rapid Transit System in Karachi is being funded by the federal government, adding that in the current financial year, Rs16 billion have so far been spent on this project."On behalf of the federal government, I am today offering that if the Sindh government is unable to get buses for Karachi, the federal government will do so," the minister added.

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Budget 2018: Salaried class gets massive relief, says Miftah

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced an adhoc relief of 10 per cent in the salaries and pensions of civil and military employees in the federal budget 2018-19.Newly inducted Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in his budget speech said the increase would be apart from the major relief the salaried class would get due to drastic slash in the Income Tax rates, announced earlier by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.He said the salaried persons mostly belonged to the middle class and would be the major beneficiary of the relief measures that would have a financial impact of Rs 69 billion.Miftah Ismail said under the income tax relief package for individuals there would be no tax on income of up to Rs 1.2 million annually, 5% on income exceeding Rs 1.2 million to Rs 2.4 million, Rs 60,000 plus 10% on income from Rs 2.4 to Rs 4.8 million, Rs 180,000 plus 15% on income exceeding Rs 4.8 million.Together with the tax cut, the overall relief for the salaried class would be much higher than the 10% adhoc relief announced in the federal budget.He said Rs 5 billion had been allocated for Senior Officers Performance Allowance, details of which would be announced later, while Rs 12 billion were earmarked for advances for the purchase and construction of houses, vehicles, etc for government officials.The House Rent ceiling had been increased by 50%, besides an increase of 50% in the house rent allowance, he added.Ismail said keeping in view the difficulties of low-paid pensioners, the minimum pension had been increased to Rs 10,000 from the present Rs 6,000. He also announced increase in minimum pension to Rs 15,000 for the pensioners over the age of 75, and raise in family pension from Rs 4,500 to Rs 7,500. The Overtime Allowance of staff drivers and dispatch riders had been increased from Rs 40 to Rs 80 per hour, he added.

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Budget 2018: Non filers banned from purchase of property worth Rs4m

ISLAMABAD: The non filers cannot purchase property worth Rs4 million in the next fiscal year whereas the filers would have to only pay one per cent tax on purchase of properties.The step was announced by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail during his 2018-19 budget speech in the National Assembly on Friday.

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ECC approves incentive package for new oil refineries

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) Friday approved a landmark incentive package for setting up modern new Deep Conversion Oil Refinery Projects, anywhere in the country, including expansion of existing refineries of minimum 100,000 barrels per day capacity.The decision aimed at attracting investment in the country, came at the meeting of the ECC chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here at the Prime Minister Office.The package would also be applicable to PARCO Coastal Refinery project (PCR) and comes with a 20-year income tax holiday. It would include exemption from all duties, taxes, surcharges and levies on import, by the refinery project, its contractors or any other persons. It would be applicable on all machinery, vehicles, plant and equipment, other materials and spares and consumables for setting up, operation, maintenance and repair of the refinery.The package also includes exemption from withholding tax and all other duties, taxes, surcharges, levies and import relating to foreign contractors, subcontractors and their personnel in connection with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance and repair of the refinery. Sales Tax and Excise Duty on supply of locally manufactured building and construction of material, equipment and service for setting up of the refinery would also be exempted.The meeting decided that the new refinery projects would be given a pricing mechanism which shall be no less favorable than the prevailing mechanism. The new projects would also be facilitated in project infrastructure such as Single Point Mooring (SPM), jetties, sub-sea, land pipelines etc. The package also grants waiver to applicable Development Surcharge on the value of exports under the EPZA Rules 1981 in case the refinery project is set up in the Export Processing Zone.This decision would facilitate establishment of modern new refineries in any part of the country and would ensure sustained supply of petroleum products to various parts of the country at affordable prices, besides reducing the import bill of petroleum products.

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Budget 2018: Finance bill, budget speech and other imp documents

ISLAMABAD: PML-N on Friday presented sixth budget amid strong protests by the opposition parties in the National Assembly with total outlay of Rs 5,103.8 billion.Newly inducted Finance Minister Miftah Ismail presented the budget terming it an historic event.Following are the important documents related to Budget 2018:Finance Ministry documentsFederal Budget Speech 2018-19 (English Version)Federal Budget Speech 2018-19 (Urdu Version)Budget in Brief 2018-19Annual Budget Statement 2018-19Estimates of Foreign Assistance 2018-19Explanatory Memorandum on Federal Receipts 2018-19FBR documents:Finance Bill 2018Notes On ClausesTax: Salient Features

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Budget 2018: PM Abbasi rejects opposition?s criticism

ISLAMABAD, Apr 27 (APP):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday rejected the opposition’s point of view about the presentation of federal budget for the whole fiscal year 2018-19 by the present government, and said it was the government’s constitutional duty to present the budget for smooth running of the country’s affairs.“As per the Cabinet’s decision, (Finance Minister) Miftah Ismail will present the budget in assembly today. There is nothing unconstitutional and it is in accordance with the Constitution,” the prime minister told the National Assembly while responding to Opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah and PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who spoke on the points of order.He, however, added that the new government, which would be formed after the next general election, would have the authority to bring changes in the budget.“Insha Allah, we will again be here after four months,” the prime minister said adding, if the opposition parties came to power, they would have the right to change the budget.The prime minister said that Minister of State for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal was a respected cabinet member,but it was a matter of principle that Miftah Ismail, who led the entire efforts in preparation of the federal budget, had the right to deliver the budget speech in the House.“Be courageous and listen to the budget speech,” Prime Minister Abbasi advised the opposition parties and said the federal budget for FY 2018-19 would provide maximum relief to the people.

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Miftah, Marriyum, Anusha, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry made federal ministers

President Mamnoon Hussain administering the oath of office to Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb, Mrs. Anusha Rahman and Tariq Fazal Chudhary as Federal Ministers during the oath taking ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. -APP ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Friday administered oath of office to five ministers including four federal and one minister of state.The ministers, who were administered oath of office included Marriyum Aurangzeb, Anusha Rehman and Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, a statement from the President House said.The three ministers were earlier serving as ministers of State for Information and Broadcasting, Information Technology, and Capital Administration and Development. President Mamnoon Hussain administering the oath of office to Ms. Leila Khan as Minister of State during the oath taking ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. APP The president also administered oath to minister of state Laila Khan.Ministers' portfolios would be announced later.The president, earlier in the morning, administered oath of office to Miftah Ismail as a federal minister.The event, held at the President House, was attended by members of the federal cabinet, party workers and senior officials.Miftah Ismail had been serving as the adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs.He is presenting the PML-N's sixth and last federal budget for the financial year 2018-19 in the parliament this evening.

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Budget 2018: Rs2.043 trillion earmarked for PSDP to promote growth

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday unveiled Rs 2.043 trillion Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the fiscal year 2018-19, aimed at further strengthening physical and social infrastructure, to put the economy on sustainable and high growth trajectory.The PSDP 2018-19, formulated on the basis of development priorities of the government and the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, has aligned it with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Long Term Plan of China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Vision 2025 goals.Out of the total PSDP, Rs1030 billion have been set aside for the federal departments whereas a sum of Rs1013 billion has been allocated for the provinces, according to budgetary document.Out of Rs1030 billion federal PSDP, the government allocated an amount of Rs4677.487 million for Aviation Division, Rs125 million for Board of Investment, Rs1116.438 million for Cabinet Division, Rs15236.924 million for Capital Administration and Development Division, Rs802.699 million for Climate Change Division, Rs1500 million for Commerce Division, Rs14480 million for Communication Division (other than NHA) and Rs640.644 million for Defence Division.An amount of Rs2810 million has been set aside for Defence Production Division, Rs70million for Economic Affairs Division, Rs 175.4 million for Establishment Division, Rs4336.5 million for Federal Education and Professional Training Division, Rs18151.4 million for Finance Division and Rs199 million for Foreign Affairs Division.The government also allocated Rs46679 million for Higher Education Commission, Rs5433.1 million for Housing and Works Division, Rs300 million for Human Rights Division, Rs1775.2 million for Industries and Production Division, Rs1644 million for Information and Broadcasting Division, Rs3046.3 million for Information Technology and Telecom Division and Rs3552.5 million for Inter Provincial Coordination Division.An amount of Rs24207.8 million has been allocated for Interior Division, Rs51205.8 million for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Division, Rs1025 million for Law and Justice Division, Rs10118 million for Maritime Affairs Division, Rs251 million for Narcotics Control Division, Rs1808 million for National Food Security and Research Division, Rs25034.4 million for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination Division, Rs550.5 million for National History and Literary Heritage Division, Rs30424.5 million for Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Rs300 million for Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority and Rs943 million for Petroleum Division.The government allocated Rs27590 million for Planning Development and Reform Division, Rs370 million for Postal Services Division, Rs40000 million for Railways Division, Rs36 million for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Division, Rs2558.9 million for Revenue Division, Rs2660 million for Science and Technological Division and Rs28255.5 million for States and Frontiers Regions Division.An amount of Rs200 million has been kept for Statistics Division, Rs4700 million for SUPARCO, Rs280 million for Textile Industry Division and Rs79500 million for Water Resource Division.In addition, the government also allocated Rs237725 million for various corporations including Rs201600 million for National Highways Authority, Rs36125 million for NTDC/PEPCO.An amount of Rs5000 million has been earmarked for Prime Minister's Global SDGs achievement programme, Rs5000 million for Special Provision for Completion of CPEC Projects, Rs10000 million for FATA 10 Years Plan (Federal Contribution), Rs8500 million for ERRA and Rs100000 million for Block Allocation for New Projects by next government.Moreover, Rs45000 million has been allocated for Relief and Rehabilitation of internally displaced persons and Rs45000 for Security Enhancement, Rs10000 million for Prime Minister's Youth Initiative and Rs5000 million for Gas Infrastructure Development Cess.

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Budget 2018: Rs 640.644 million earmarked for Defence Division

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs 640.644 million for five ongoing and two new development schemes of Defence Division under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for next financial year 2018-19. According to the budgetary document, a total of Rs 562.447 have been earmarked for the ongoing schemes. Out of this, Rs 253.954 million have been reserved for procurement of three latest printing machines for modernization of Survey of Pakistan, Rs 89.781 million have been allocated for establishment of FG Degree College for Boys Kohat Cantt, Rs 85 million for construction of Office Complex including boundary wall of Survey of Pakistan Lahore.Rs 75.515 million and Rs 58.197 million have been earmarked for procurement/construction of Maritime Patrol Vessels (MPVs for PMSA) and Water Distribution Network for RCB/CCB based on Khanpur Dam Water Source (Phase-III) respectively.An amount of Rs 20 million has been set aside for a new unapproved scheme – Development of IT Infrastructure for Implementation of E-Office Application Suit, while Rs 58.197 million have been allocated for another new scheme – Establishment of New Generation Geodatic Datum of Pakistan.

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