Lahore, April 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Punjab Finance Minister, Hashim Jawan Bakht in a statement issued to the press, has said that Finance Department has always maintained its impartiality and even on the subject of the sugar subsidy, the views of...

Lahore, April 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid has asked the people to strictly follow social distancing and stay at homes. The Minister asked doctors to spread this message while chairing the 17th Syndicate Meeting of the...

Islamabad, April 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is working on bilateral cooperation initiative with its Chinese counterpart, in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In this regard a draft MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) has...

Since the outbreak of COVID‐19, State Bank of Pakistan has taken a number of measures to support the economy. One of the earliest measures taken by SBP was to support the hospitals, which have been at the fore front in combating the disease, by providing them a facility to meet their financial needs namely the SBP Refinance Facility to Combat COVID‐19 (RFCC) on March 17, 2020.   Since then SBP received several suggestions by stakeholders to further improve it. Keeping in view such suggestions, SBP has provided more flexibility under RFCC to facilitate the health sector further. Hospitals and medical centres engaged in fight against COVID‐19 will now be allowed to avail...

Karachi, April 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): SBP has taken additional measures to facilitate bank customers that are faced with extraordinary challenges arising out of COVID-19 situation in the country. They can now approach SBP through its helpline service in case their...

Karachi, April 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Governor Imran Ismail today received five trucks containing 3,000 ration bags donated by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) for the affectees of lockdown.   Talking to media along with...

Karachi, April 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Governor Imran Ismail today chaired a meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) lawmakers to review preventive measures to avert coronavirus pandemic and overall political situation in the province.   The meeting...