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ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) meeting was held on under the chairmanship of special finance secretary to deliberate...

OGRA proposes slashing petroleum prices

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday recommended a reduction in the fuel prices, with a proposal...

Pakistan among ‘Top 20 Improvers in Doing Business 2020’ list

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was listed among the World Bank's list of 'Top-20 improvers in Doing Business 2020', it emerged on Friday....

Sports goods’ exports decline 5.93pc in two months

ISLAMABAD: The exports of sports goods from the country witnessed decrease of 5.93 percent during the first two months of...

Foreign exchange reserves decrease by $125m

KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country fell by $125 million to $15.773 billion by week ended September...

Australian companies to invest in Thar Coal project

KARACHI: Newly appointed Australian High Commissioner (HC) to Pakistan on Thursday called on Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Murad Ali Shah....

Pakistani property developer Malik Riaz Hussain speaks with a Reuters correspondent during an interview at his office in Bahria Town on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan March 10, 2016. To match Interview PAKISTAN-PROPERTY/TYCOON REUTERS/Caren Firouz

Anti-Corruption Court rejects pre-arrest bail plea of Malik Riaz, Ali Riaz

RAWALPINDI: An anti-corruption court rejected the pre-arrest bail applications of property tycoon Malik Riaz and his son, Ali Riaz, in...

Finance ministry rejects news regarding IMF bar on sovereign guarantees

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has contradicted a news report published in a section of the press claiming that IMF...

CDWP gives nod to seven projects worth Rs36b

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) cleared a total of seven development projects having a total estimated cost of...

Footwear exports rise over 15pc to $25.793m

ISLAMABAD : The footwear exports from the country witnessed increase of 15.75 percent during the first two months of current...

CPPA recommends Nepra Rs1.86 per unit hike in power tariff

ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA), on behalf of the distribution companies (DISCOs), has filed a petition for power...

Singaporean company willing to bring $2b investment to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A Singapore based company is willing to bring USD 2 billion investment in Pakistani shipping sector which would help...

Pak economy continues to stabilize despite strong headwinds: ADB

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan’s economy in fiscal year (FY) 2019, which ended on 30 June, is showing signs of recovery as...

SNGPL, SSGCL to reinforce gas transmission network

ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), under a strategy to reinforce and...

Govt releases Rs 90.6b under PSDP 2019-20

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has so far released Rs 90.6 billion for various ongoing and new social sector uplift projects...

OGDCL injects 13 new wells in production gathering system

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has injected 13 new wells, producing 373,515 Barrels crude oil...

Foreign inflows jump during July, August

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has secured $1.622 billion foreign inflows in the first two months (July-August) of the current fiscal year –...

Poultry prices hit all-time high during September