Asad Umar

Minister reveals date for Karachi Circular Railway groundbreaking

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar said on Saturday that… Read More

Federal govt opposes Sindh’s proposal to collect KMC taxes through electricity bills

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Saturday opposed the… Read More

Green Line bus service will become operational in Nov: Asad Umar

KARACHI: Green Line bus service will become operational in Karachi in November this year, citing… Read More

Umar hopeful Pakistan will surpass jab target

ISLAMABAD: As many as 50 million citizens have received at least one dose of a… Read More

Critical Covid-19 patients at highest level: Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Asad Umar, has appealed to the public to… Read More

40pc eligible population in 20 Pakistan cities vaccinated: Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) head Asad Umar Wednesday announced that 40 percent… Read More

Asad Umar urges global community to engage with Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Saturday called on the international… Read More

Govt envisages plan to convert KCR into Railway Freight Corridor

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has envisaged a plan to convert the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR)… Read More

Asad Umar gives nod to power projects for 10 years

Supply of low cost, clean energy made first priority Read More

Unvaccinated people cannot come to Pakistan after Sept 30: Umar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms and the National Command and Operations Centre… Read More

Asad Umar clarifies about possibilities of complete lockdown due to COVID-19

LAHORE: The head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar has clarified… Read More

‘Very Shameful’: Politicians react to Minar-e-Pakistan incident on Twitter

The Minar-e-Pakistan incident has sparked widespread outrage on social media, drawing condemnations of what has… Read More

40 million COVID vaccination doses administered so far: Umar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development and NCOC head Asad Umar on Thursday said… Read More

Asad Umar urges people aged 50 or above to receive COVID jabs on priority

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Saturday has called for vaccinating people… Read More

Target of 1 million vaccinations in 1 day achieved, Asad Umar revels

ISLAMABAD: Federal planning minister Asad Umar has Tuesday announced that the country has achieved one… Read More

NCOC did not recommend lockdown in Sindh, says Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Sunday that National Command… Read More

Planning limited Covid restrictions so people aren’t troubled, Umar says

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of possible nationwide Covid restrictions amid rising numbers of infections, federal planning minister… Read More

Pakistan sets records of COVID vaccinations as 30mn jabbed: Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: With the vaccination process being expedited in the wake of the fourth COVID wave,… Read More

Umar wants Sindh govt to revisit lockdown strategy

ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar in a series of tweets on Saturday weighed… Read More

Total lockdown in a city no solution to Covid-19 pandemic: Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: Total lockdown in a city is not solution to the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic, head… Read More