A senior government official told Dawn that the planning and development ministry had moved a summary to the prime minister for his consent to cap the provincial development projects in the PSDP 2023-24 to be presented to parliament as part of the next year's budget and also restrict the PSD
The former Prime Minister lambasted the PDM government saying they are now openly attacking the Supreme Court. The PTI chairman Imran Khan said that 70 per cent of people have no representation in the provincial and National Assembly.
Central bank data showed that bank credit to the private sector considered an engine of economic growth, dropped over fivefold in the period under review during the current difficult times. It clearly showed that businesses had been badly hit by the ongoing economic and political crisis.
Khan has been mounting pressure on the government to announce general elections since his ouster from office in April, announced last month that the PTI would dissolve the provincial assemblies in the two provinces where it is in power, KP and Punjab.
The court warned the government of "serious consequences" if it failed to release the funds required for conducting polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while hearing the defence ministry's request.
The Assam government has provincialised 422 schools run by the Tea Garden authorities in the state following which the schools will receive mid-day meals, uniforms, and free textbooks.
Currently, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has only PKR 13 billion in its provincial kitty. The Finance Department has refused to give salary and pension for the month of April in advance on account of Eid to government employees.
The current financial hardship faced by the Henan government can be attributed to the sharp reduction in real estate sector valuations, a primary source of income for the government.
According to the provincial police spokesman, Mohammad Munib Zadran, at least two passengers were killed and four others were injured when a car went turtle on Monday in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia.
The PML-N leader while addressing a ceremony in Narowal, said that the federal and provincial elections should be held at the same time in the country.