Quick Glance: Chinese Vice Premier receives warm welcome in Pakistan for controversial BRI project
- Celebrations to be held despite Pakistan's economic crisis caused by increasing Chinese loans.
- Lifeng to hold meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Arif Alvi during his visit to Pakistan.
- The China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a flagship project of China's struggling Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
- The project is facing obstacles due to concerns over China's territorial assertiveness and 'debt-trap' funding.
Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that it was agreed during a National Economic Council (NEC) to close markets and commercial ... Show more More
Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that the National Economic Council (NEC) — the country’s highest forum of the federation on ... Show more More
Speaking to the media in Narowal, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that Imran Khan had initiated a campaign against the establishment after the latter ... Show more #DawnToday #AhsanIqbal
The centre has sought to delink the distribution of divisible pool resources among the provinces from the population-based National Finance Commission ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1754036/centre-wants-nfc-delinked-with-head-count #DawnToday #Census #Pakistan
Moving into election mode, the government on Tuesday rolled out a series of funded programmes for the country’s youth by putting together a total of 15 ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1743528/govt-targets-youth-in-election-year-with-rs150bn-package #DawnToday
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday likened the most recent audios -- purportedly featuring Chaudhry Parvez Elahi allegedly asking his lawyers to fix a ... Show more #DawnToday #PMLN #PTI #ImranKHan #AudioLeaks
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday appreciated the work put in by his cabinet in making the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan — ... Show more #DawnToday
Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal lambasted the PTI for "destroying the economy", saying "If they cannot take part in the construction of the ... Show more #DawnToday
Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal asked the people of Pakistan on Monday to "play their role" and help provide aid to the flood-affected people ... Show more #DawnToday
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday categorically dismissed rumours related to Pakistan’s default risks, terming them the “PTI’s propaganda” for mere ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1722070/rumours-of-pakistans-default-risk-based-on-malicious-campaign-by-pti-ahsan-iqbal #DawnToday
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday criticised PTI Chairman Imran Khan for being the only politician in the country’s history to play politics on the ... Show more #DawnToday
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday issued a rebuke and expressed visible frustration after finding inadequacies in a dashboard built to monitor flood ... Show more #DawnToday
The agreement with the IMF is a hindrance to recovery and rehabilitation efforts being made in the flood-hit areas, as it binds the government to spend 40 ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1716409/imf-bar-on-govt-spending-hinders-flood-relief-efforts-ahsan-iqbal #DawnToday #IMF #FloodsInPakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will formally announce government measures for the reconstruction and rehabilitation phase for the post-flood recovery of ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1715268/reconstruction-after-floods-to-begin-on-24th #DawnToday #FloodsinPakistan #PMShehbazSharif
Hollywood Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie, who is visiting Pakistan, to show solidarity and support for flood victims ... Show more
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said the PTI's recent audio leaks have proved that party chief Imran Khan's movement for "Haqeeqi Azaadi" ... Show more #DawnToday
Senior anchors visited the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) on Thursday where they were briefed on the devastation caused by the floods ... Show more #DawnToday #FloodsInPakistan #NFRCC
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal visited flood affectees in Dadu on Sunday.
The minister interacted with the people and spoke with them about the ... Show more #DawnToday
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday castigated PTI Chairman Imran Khan and said he should "come and see the reality of your fake allegations" against ... Show more #DawnToday
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Islamabad, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal highlighted that two-thirds of the country had been ... Show more #DawnToday #FloodsInPakistan
Pakistan expects to cut its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection for the financial year 2022-2023 from five per cent to three per cent due to ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1709327/flood-crisis-to-hit-gdp-growth-projection
In a bid to ensure transparency in the allocation of relief funds for the flood survivors, the federal government has decided to establish a ‘Digital Flood ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1709686/flood-response-goes-digital-to-ensure-transparency #DawnToday #Floods #Pakistan
"According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), over 900 people are dead, close to 300,000 homes have been partially destroyed and about ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1707333/apocalypse-now
Quick Glance: Pakistan is reeling from "apocalyptic" floods and is pleading for international assistance.
- According to Pakistani officials, the floods have killed 1,100 individuals, affected over 33 million people, wrecked 1 million homes, and destroyed around 2,200 kilometres of road.
- According to Pakistani officials, the country has suffered a spate of unusual meteorological phenomena this year.
- Pakistan's climate minister, Sherry Rehman, stated that the government has been supplying water pumps to Karachi in recent weeks, but the equipment has been overloaded.
- According to Rehman, the climate minister, the country was experiencing a preview of the harsh weather that would soon strike the rest of the world.
Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Friday thanked the United Nations, Asian Development Bank and the World Bank for agreeing to ... Show more #DawnToday
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that PTI supporters, who had heckled him at a restaurant in Sargodha’s Bhera earlier this ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1699184/ahsan-iqbal-says-family-who-heckled-him-have-apologised #DawnToday
