Cabinet approves SBP amendment bill 2021: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Tuesday said the Cabinet approved draft of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Amendment Bill 2021 to give absolute autonomy to…
Fed. Cabinet reshuffled 4th time in less than 3 years
ISLAMABAD: Incumbent PTI Govt. has reshuffled the Fed. Cabinet fourth time here today in less than three years of its tenure. It seems that the shake-up was principally the result…
Hafeez Shaikh lauds provinces for controlling prices, directs for action against hoarders
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Monday directed the provincial governments to take action against hoarders of essential food items to maintain…
Economy picks up, both external, internal sectors showing good performance: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Tuesday that economy of the country has picked up as indicated by the performance of both…
Gov’t promoting ease of doing business with reforms in investment regime: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Tuesday that the government was promoting ease of doing business with reforms in investment regime to…
PTI incurred 48% less external liabilities than PML-N:Hafeez
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government incurred 48 percent less external liabilities in first nine quarters…
Hafeez, Sindh CM discuss wheat support price
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Wednesday held a virtual meeting with the Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to discuss an optimum support…
ECC forms committee to resolve circular debt issue
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet Wednesday formed a committee to prepare a proposal on modalities for clearing the circular debt of the Petroleum Division. The committee…
Economy back on growth path, no debt rise in past 4 months: Hafeez
ISLAMABAD: Asserting that economy was steered back on growth path, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Tuesday that there was no increase in country’s debt…
Hafeez stresses for drastic measures to curb inflation
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Monday urged upon all the stakeholders to take drastic measures to curb inflation. Chairing the meeting of…
Hafeez Shaikh briefed on ERP software
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired a meeting at the Finance Division with the Country Director SAP Saqib Ahmad and his…
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Energy sector undergoing severe crises: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday strongly regretted the negative impacts of the past pacts signed for expensive power and cumulative circular debt, and said the the energy sector in…
Govt to follow macroeconomic fundamentals for inclusive growth: Hafeez
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday said that the government was committed to follow macroeconomic fundamentals through effective policy making and…
Upcoming FATF review to go well for Pakistan: Chinese Ambassador
ISLAMABAD: Th outgoing Ambassador of People’s Republic of China Yao Jing, Thursday expressed his confidence that October review of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) would go well for Pakistan. He…
Economy moves forward on right path after gaining stability: Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
KARACHI: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said economy was now moving forward on the right path after gaining stability due to the…
Hafeez Shaikh seeks update on transparency standards, expenditures under Ehsaas
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday directed the Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Division (SP&PA D) to provide an update to the…
World Community’s support must to deal with COVID-19 challenge: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Monday that world community's support was imperative to deal with the situation arising out of COVID-19…
ECC allows TCP to import 200,000 tonnes of wheat
ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Friday allowed the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to place an order for the import of 200,000 tonnes of wheat in the…
Prudent economic policies leading country toward stability: Hafeez
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Tuesday said that despite internal and external challenges, the combined impact of various progressive economic indicators show…
Measures taken to ensure availability of wheat, flour throughout year: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Monday said the government would take all out measures to ensure availability of sufficient wheat and…
Govt considering budget proposals of business community: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh here on Monday assured the representatives of business community that the government was giving proper consideration…
Coronavirus: PM’s Advisor says relief package will support business community
ISLAMABAD: Talking to Media here today PM's Advisor on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that Rs. 1.25 trillion package announced by the PM yesterday (Tuesday, 24th of March,…
Govt. endeavoring to enhance exports, PM’s Advisor tells French Envoy
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of France Dr Marc Baréty called on the Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Finance, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh here at Finance Division today (Tuesday 14th of…
Dr. Hafeez Sheikh says economic indicators globally acknowledged
ISLAMABAD: PM's Advisor on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, speaking at a Presser here today, claimed that economic indicators had shown significant improvement in last five months and were being…