Daily wagers

Official says various departments have regularised 267 employees

Experts suggest using NADRA database, utility bills to extend grants

In a situation when common people are facing the two equally dangerous prospects, govts need to take the middle way

6.2 million people will benefit from federal govt’s move

Committee will review nine-point agenda with finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the chair

The government will have to let the wheel of the economy roll, and it is time to start thinking beyond the lockdown

Without official records, provincial govt banks on educated guesswork for the provision of relief packages

As productions halt and projects cancel, freelancers grapple with uncertainty and daily wagers slide into hopelessness

Demand govt provide them with financial aid, rations

FCCI will launch a programme to provide ration to the unemployed daily-wage earner

Finance secretary says govt working on mechanism to reach out to labourers

Fuel tariff cut by Rs15, utility bills to be paid in instalments; labourers to get Rs3,000 per month

PM’s special economic package also stipulates Rs200b incentives for exporters

Rise in petrol prices has domino effect, causes panic in construction industry

CADD minister assures angry teachers summary will be sent to the federal cabinet

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had approved the immediate release of Rs290.71 million

The issue has been shuffling between ministries for years

The secretary also asked FDE to prepare working papers to change service rules