Labour export has dropped in past three years; remittances unlikely to get boost

Plans to request IMF to send a staff level mission next month

So far, only one person has paid tax out of the targeted 152,000 accounts

Planning ministry wants to spend over Rs1 trillion under PSDP every year for next five years

Law also covers offshore assets if owners are Pakistanis and assets are made by transferring money from Pakistan

Committee on CPEC discusses splitting project into more phases; drop some sections

Claims it has made alternative arrangements to meet external financing needs

Tells FBR chairman his organisation could not be reformed

Imports show steep fall but exports remain sluggish despite subsidies for exporters

Govt could not arrange funds for $10b worth of Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams; ECC approves Rs2b Ramazan package