ROADS IN RURAL AREAS Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said in the second phase of the 'Naya Pakistan Manzilein Asaan' program, Rs14 billion will be spent constructing carpeted roads in rural areas of the province. The Chief Minister said that 154 rural roads with a total length of 1,076 kilometers would be constructed across the province. He said that construction of roads in rural areas is a...
EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM Pakistan's exchange rate is a "market-based exchange rate system" that follows supply and demand, but State Bank can not leave it entirely to the market, Raza Baqir said in his first press conference as State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor. 'So, if there is volatility, then the State Bank intervenes. You need to keep a close eye on the market. That is our regime, and we want to go...