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PML-N leaders term federal budget 2017-18 ‘people-friendly’

  • RAWALPINDI, May 26 (APP): City-chapter leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday termed the federal budget 2017-18 as ‘people-friendly’. Talking to APP, Vice President PML-N Youth Wing Malik Shakeel Awan said despite economic crunch and a number of domestic and international challenges, the government has announced business and people-friendly budget. He said the […]

  • PML-N leaders term federal budget 2017-18 ‘people-friendly’

    RAWALPINDI, May 26 (APP): City-chapter leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday termed the federal budget 2017-18 as ‘people-friendly’. Talking to APP, Vice President PML-N Youth Wing Malik Shakeel Awan said despite economic crunch and a number of domestic and international challenges, the government has announced business and people-friendly budget. He said the […]

  • Govt to set up Innovation Challenge Fund with an amount of Rs 500 million

    ISLAMABAD, May 26 (APP): The federal government will establish an Innovation Challenge Fund with Rs 500 million to cater to the requirements of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This was announced by Minister for Finance Muhammad Ishaq Dar during his budget speech at Parliament House here on Friday. The minister said investment in new technologies […]

  • ICCI terms Federal Budget 2017-18 business, people-friendly

    ISLAMABAD, May 27 (APP): The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has welcomed the tax incentives announced by Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar in the federal budget 2017-18 and termed it a “business and people-friendly budget.” “This is a business-friendly as well as people-friendly budget. Industry is backbone for the economy of any country […]

  • The finance minister said development of infrastructure and

    energy had generally been neglected in the past, but the present government had completely reversed that trend and today most of the development budget was allocated for roads and communication infrastructure, and energy. He said infrastructure had been allocated 67% of the total development outlay. The highest priority had been accorded to transport and communication […]

  • Pervaiz Malik terms federal budget farmers-friendly

    LAHORE, May 26 (APP): PML-N Lahore Chapter President Pervaiz Malik Friday hailed the government for presenting a pro-farmers budget. Talking to APP here, he said the agriculture sector would grow and the farmers would prosper due to the farmer friendly budget 2017-18, adding that reduction in the agriculture mark-up for land owners with less than […]