Meat export boosting with 30% ratio
LAHORE: The meat export in Pakistan is growing with a ratio of 30 per cent every year which can be...
Remittances to cross $20 billion mark
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (POEPA) on Sunday said workers remittances can cross the mark of dollar 20 billion...
PTDC to introduce new national tourism policy
ISLAMABAD: With the help of tourism stakeholders, Pakistan Tourism Development Cooperation (PTDC) is working to introduce a new National Tourism...
NHA attracts Rs 101b private sector investment
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has successfully attracted private sector investment and has awarded four projects worth over...
Railways leased out 1,556 acres in 2 years
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has leased out 1,556 acre land in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through fair and transparent...
OGDCL spuds 8 new wells in six months
ISLAMABAD: The state-owned exploration and production company-Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is making tangible efforts to meet...
Export managers accused of pushing country in ‘debt trap’
ISLAMABAD: The export managers have been accused of pushing country in ‘debt trap’ by failing to spur external trade. This...
E&T recovers Rs 6.15m from property tax defaulters
RAWALPINDI: The Excise and Taxation Department has launched a crackdown against property tax defaulters and recovered Rs 6.15 million from...
Association shows concern over decrease in cotton yield
MULTAN: Central executive committee of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has expressed concern over decrease in cotton yield in the...
Steel melters wants cut in sales tax on power bills to Rs 4
LAHORE: The government has been urged by the steel melting industry to reduce the general sales tax on the electricity...
Govt not laying off employees: PIA
ISLAMABAD: The government has refuted the news item regarding laying off of PIA employees through a golden handshake scheme. According...
Delay in trade policy causing uncertainty
LAHORE: Pakistan Industrial & Traders Association Front Chairman Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has asked the government to announce the trade policy without...
$956m loan taken from foreign banks during Jul-Jan
ISLAMABAD: The federal government took $956 million loans from the foreign commercial banks from July 2015 to January 2016. The...
Cotton spot rate remains Rs 5,300 per maund
KARACHI: The spot rate of cotton remained at Rs 5,300 per maund after Rs 50 per maund upward readjustment in...
PM sends bull, cow as gift to Qatari Emir by C-130
ISLAMABAD: A C-130 aircraft has delivered a bull and a cow (Sahiwal breed) as a gift from Prime Minister Nawaz...
Unlicensed tobacco sale banned in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The administration of capital city has banned retail sale of tobacco without a licence, official sources said. According to...
Traders urge govt to extend deadline for tax amnesty scheme by June 30
ISLAMABAD: The traders have urged the government to extend the deadline for the tax-amnesty scheme to June 30, so that...
PCA gives tax proposals to boost IT sector
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) has submitted tax policy proposals and a datasheet to the government for incorporating these in...
70 oil, gas discoveries made since 2013: NA told
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has informed the National Assembly that as many as...
Hesco starts drive to recover dues from govt depts
NAWABSHAH: In a bid to recover longstanding dues from the government departments, the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) has launched...
