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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) to hear the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) case on September 19, according...

Govt to increase power generation by three times

ISLAMABAD: The government plans to increase the country’s power generation capacity by almost 300 per cent in the next 20...

Reko Diq, Karkay cases rulings being challenged

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan has clarified that the sole reason for introducing the GIDC (gas infrastructure development...

No load management on 80 pc feeders of country: Omar Ayub

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan said that there is no load management being made on 80 per...

FMs of Pakistan, China discuss bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Foreign Office on Saturday....

Judge video scandal: Court acquits three accused

ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad on Saturday acquitted Nasir Janjua and two others in the Judge Arshad Malik video...

Dr Piracha appointed as Pakistan’s permanent ambassador to WTO

ISLAMABAD: Dr Muhammad Mujtaba Piracha has been appointed as Pakistan’s permanent ambassador to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland....

Govt to spend Rs581.8m on six petroleum projects

ISLAMABAD: The government will spend Rs581.812 million on four ongoing and two new petroleum sector projects under the Public Sector...

Pakistan, KSA review progress on energy MoUs

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reviewed the progress made on existing memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the energy sector...

NAB making all out efforts to eradicate corruption: Chairman Javed Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Chairman Javed Iqbal has said that NAB has decided not to investigate matters related to sales...

Pak Rupee likely to depreciate in next 6 months: SBP

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee may encounter events of depreciation against the US dollar over the next six-month period. The country,...

Govt rejects media reports regarding renegotiation of IMF programme

ISLAMABAD: Certain news item published on 6th September 2019 has reported that the IMF is sending an SOS mission to...

National CPI increases by 10.49pc in August

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Special Finance Secretary to discuss prices...

PTA extends deadline for second IMEI number registration to Sept 15