South Africa records first trade surplus in 5 months for Nov
WASHINGTON: SA recorded its first trade surplus in five months for November, as exports grew 10.3% compared with October and...
Pakistan Post collected Rs3.8b revenue in 2014-15
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Post has collected revenue of Rs3,774.343 million (about Rs3.8 billion) in provision of various services including utility bills,...
Businessmen laud tax amnesty scheme
ISLAMABAD: The United International Group Sunday lauded the tax amnesty scheme for non-taxpayers which will help the government raise Rs50...
Web portal being developed for PM Youth Schemes
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister's Youth Programme is in process of developing a web portal to compile beneficiaries' data and facilitate applicants...
FBR collects Rs785b in Q2 against Rs750b target
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected around Rs785 billion against the target of Rs750 billion fixed for the second...
CDA’s anti-encroachment drive in full swing
ISLAMABAD: The anti-encroachment drive in the federal city, launched by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is in full swing. The...
Pakistan self-sufficient in developing quality defence products
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is self-sufficient in developing quality defence products and meeting requirements of its Armed Forces indigenously. This was revealed...
Pakistan Railways removing technical hitches from online tracking
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is removing technical hitches from the software for smooth implementation of a project, launched for computerised tracking...
Pakistan adopts 16 targets, 41 indicators against 8 goals, 34 indicators of MDGs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, as part of endeavours to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), has introduced environmental monitoring system through stationary and...
Petroleum ministry claims 65 oil, gas discoveries in current tenure
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has claimed 65 new oil and gas discoveries from record 227 wells...
Govt regulating LPG prices to give masses relief
ISLAMABAD: With the aim to give masses relief, the federal government is striving to regulate prices of liquefied petroleum gas...
Railways Ministry takes action against 199 employees, 146 punished
ISLAMABAD: With the aim to improve performance of the national fleet, the Railways Ministry has taken disciplinary action against 199...
Ginneries receive 9.2m cotton bales
MULTAN: The ginneries in Pakistan have received as many as 9.2 million seed cotton (phutti) bales, which are 33 percent...
Sialkot, Sahiwal to be included in Big City Project
SIALKOT: The Punjab government has announced Sialkot and Sahiwal as big cities, which will be included in over Rs120 billion...
Rs2b worth Khidmat Card Programme lauded
LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Labour and Manpower Raja Ashfaq Sarwar has termed the Punjab government’s Rs2 billion worth of "Khidmat...
Belgian N-reactor closed three days after restarting
BRUSSELS: An old Belgian nuclear reactor has shut down, just three days after it was restarted, the power utility that...
FIA arrests Facebook hacker
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing, acting on a rare carse, has arrested a man for hacking...
Traders’ leaders say govt announced tax scheme to protect corrupts
LAHORE: Opposing the newly-announced tax amnesty scheme, the traders’ representatives said that the scheme has been announced to provide a...
Ahsan asks engineers to defend authenticity of ongoing projects
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal, defending the ongoing projects initiated by the PML-N government, has...
Tax amnesty scheme is against Constitution: Siraj
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has termed the tax amnesty scheme is against the Constitution and a blatant violation...
