Ministries to be handed to provinces by first week of December, says Raza Rabbani.

Officials call budget cut a ploy to penalise Pakistan for refusing to accept flood reconstruction reprioritised loans.

Official study sees inflation a mere 0.63% above the target by end June.

India will have tactical advantage if it finishes Kishanganga project first.

Planning Commission and ministry of commerce point fingers at each other.

MQM abstention, PML-N support paves way for unanimous passage by Senate panel.

MQM, PML-N abstain; ANP, BNP-Awami support results in a tie, raising chances of the law winning initial approval.

Cabinet secretary blames the commission’s restructuring for the meeting delays.

Reduction in inflation rate termed ‘essential’ in the fight against poverty.

The cut will reduce the size of the national budget to slightly over Rs3 trillion from Rs3.3 trillion.