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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched the ‘Uraan Pakistan, Homegrown National Economic Plan’ outlining the National Economic Transformation Plan for 2024-29.

Launched on 31 December 2024.

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The Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan is the financial regulatory agency in Pakistan.

Founded: January 1, 1999

Preceding agency: Corporate Law Authority

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The maiden meeting of Punjab cabinet approved Rs200 billion subsidy on flour to ensure the commodity will be available to the masses at Rs490 per 10kg bag in the province.

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The government on 07-03-2022, at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved Rs8.28bn subsidy for 19 kitchen items for Ramazan Relief Package and Rs3bn for intending overseas Pakistanis to benefit from the flagship Kamyab Pakistan Programme.

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NSP was approved by the federal cabinet on Dec 28, 2021. The policy defines the direction the country should take in the coming years. The policy document is meant for a five-year period (2022-26) but it will be reviewed at the end of every year. 

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Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood in February 2022 inaugurated the free lunch programme in 100 primary schools of the federal capital.

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On 28 September 2023, Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) following the conclusion of the final round of negotiations between the two sides in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Zamindar was an Urdu newspaper.

The founding editor of this newspaper was Maulana Zafar Ali Khan.

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Google on April 26, 2023 announced that it has opened the first ever App Growth Lab in Pakistan.