Dar to finalise budget’s outline next week
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will convene a meeting next week to finalise the outline of budget 2015-16...
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ArchivePolice outline security plan for Eid
ISLAMABAD: More than 3,500 policemen will perform security duties during Eid days, police said on Tuesday...
According to the security plan, the security personnel have been assigned security duties at 824 places including 796 mosques, 21 Imam Bargahs and seven Eid Gahs -
ArchiveGovt to outline safety guidelines for workers of needed industries
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission on Saturday decided that safety guidelines would be outlined for workers of the industries that have to be kept operational during the current emergency situation to ensure the supply of essential commodities...
The decision was taken during a video conference that reviewed the situation and considered proposals relating to the management of supply chains of essential commodities -
ArchiveCircular debt plan outline shared with WB
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday shared with the World Bank a revised outline of the Circular Debt Management Plan that seeks rationalisation of taxes, negotiated takeover of old independent power plants (IPPs) and closure of all old public sector plants to increase electricity tariffs, but slightly lower than that committed with the lenders under the IMF programme...
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan, Minister for...
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PakistanPM reminded of package announced for Chagai people
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday calling upon the federal government to implement the special package announced for the people of Chagai...
Also read: Balochistan seeks economic packageOpposition member Husna Bano tabled the resolution about the Chagai package...
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ArchiveThree soldiers, two assailants killed in Chagai encounter
QUETTA: In a gun battle which ensued after an attack on a checkpost near the Afghan border in Chagai district on Sunday, at least three soldiers and two assailants were killed...
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PakistanKhuzdar, Chagai to receive 3G services
72 billion with Ufone to provide mobile broadband internet/3G services in Khuzdar and Chagai areas in Balochistan...
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Dar said financial and technical inclusion of the deprived and poor areas of Pakistan is the government’s policy...
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PakistanParts of Chagai jolted
QUETTA: Parts of Chagai district were hit by an earthquake of moderate intensity on Saturday...
The quake struck Dalbandin and other areas of Chagai at around 5...
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ArchiveRegional Al Qaeda chief killed in Chagai
QUETTA: Omar Latif alias Luqman, said to be Al Qaeda’s chief for Balochistan and south Punjab, has been killed by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) personnel in Chagai area close to the Afghan border...
Mr Bugti, who was accompanied at the press conference by Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani, also confirmed the arrest in Quetta of a leader of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan who had been accused of being the mastermind of...
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PakistanSaudi governor in Chagai for hunting
QUETTA: The Governor of Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia, Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, arrived in Dalbandin, the headquarters of Chagai district, in his special plane on Monday for hunting the houbara bustard...
Saudi Ambassador Abdullah Marzouk Al Zahrani, Balochistan Chief Minister’s Adviser on Forests and Wildlife Obaidullah Babit, Adviser on Excise and Taxation Amanullah Notezai, Adviser on Industries Muhammad...
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PakistanSeven killed as pick-up collides with truck in Chagai
At least seven people were killed in a road accident near Pak-Iran border In Chagai on Sunday evening, Levies officials said...
Two others were reportedly injured when a pick-up and a truck collided near Mashkail area in Chagai district, the officials said...
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PakistanEight killed in clash between two tribes in Chagai district
QUETTA: Eight people were killed and two others injured in a clash between members of two tribes in Barabcha area, close to Pak-Afghan border and some 80km west of Dalbandin town of Chagai district, on Sunday...
“Six Afghan refugees of Noorzai tribe and two tribesmen of Muhammad Hasni tribe were killed in the firing,” confirmed Chagai Deputy Commissioner Imran Ibrahim...
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PakistanProfile: Sadiq Sanjrani: a little-known politician from Chagai
CHIEF Minister of Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, after week-long hectic efforts, has succeeded in mustering support of the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and some other parties for “Balochistan’s candidate” for the office of Senate chairman...
Mr Sanjrani belongs to Chagai, the mineral-rich district of Balochistan having huge reserves of gold, silver, copper, iron ore, onyx, marble and other precious...
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ArchiveChiniot, Chagai ore steel mill project picked for Saudi investment
It may be recalled that Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for economic cooperation in mineral resources...
The projects include establishment of a steel mill based on iron ores of Chiniot (Punjab) and Chagai (Balochistan)...
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ArchiveChinese firm starts ration distribution in Chagai
CHAGAI: The state-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) has started distributing ration worth Rs17...
5 million among 2,500 deserving families affected by the lockdown due to the coronavirus in Chagai district...
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