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The National Economic Council (NEC) on Monday approved Rs2.1 trillion for the national development outlay, as the federal government allocates nearly two-third of its budget for infrastructure projects to satisfy unhappy parliamentarians and meet national needs. The meeting of the NEC – the constitutional economic decision making body, was marked by agitation by the Sindh chief minister over what he called “unjust treatment” being meted out to his province in allocations of budgetary resources. The NEC approved Rs2.1 trillion national development outlay, which is higher by Rs535 billion or one-third…

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Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has proposed Rs40 billion development package for exploration of oil and gas activities in merged tribal districts in upcoming budget 2021-22 to fulfill Pakistan’s growing energy and fuel demands. Engineer Muhammad Luqman, Senior Planning Officer, KP Energy and Power Department told APP on Monday that a special development package worth Rs40 billion were proposed for inclusion in ADP-2021-22 for exploration of oil and gas activities in merged areas (erstwhile Fata) blessed with abundance of oil and gas reservoirs. “Today, KP is producing 52 percent of crude oil,…

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Natural gas futures opened the week lower as a trifecta of bearish factors, including a large drop in export feed gas demand, brought prices down a couple of notches. The July Nymex gas futures contract fell 2.7 cents to $3.070. August fell 2.5 cents to $3.089. Spot gas prices were higher, however, as heat blanketed the Midwest and Northeast. NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. climbed 12.0 cents to $2.880. After maintaining the $3.00 mark last week in the face of moderate temperatures, weather models that showed much hotter conditions in key regions…

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KOHAT: MNA Shehryar Afridi has said a Pakistan State Oil depot will soon be reopened in Kohat after 13 years. The depot located on the Rawalpindi Road was closed in 2008 during the fight against militancy. Talking to mediaperosns here on Sunday, he said the owners of filling stations had to pay extra rent on transportation of oil from Peshawar and sell the commodity at the fixed rate, which resulted in lesser profit margins for them. Mr Afridi recalled that the army had shut down the facility when the outlawed…

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Economic experts claimed that Pakistan’s various sectors are ready to receive maximum benefits from China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project According to political economists, many sectors will get benefits from the project as in addition to the economic corridor, CPEC in Pakistan will include energy projects, infrastructure development, industrialization, and the expansion and improvement of Gwadar Port. The project has great potentials for Pakistan, in both economic and regional domains. They said that the goal of CPEC is both to transform Pakistan’s economy—by modernizing its road, rail, air, and energy transportation…

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