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LAHORE: Agriculture Department spokesman has said that the Punjab government has decided to include farmers having land up to 50...

Sharifs appear before NAB court in Avenfield properties case

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court will hear a corruption case against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and family members today (Monday)....

FIA arrests travel agents at Allama Iqbal Airport

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration staff arrested a passenger at the Allama Iqbal Airport on Monday for using fake...

Reference filed in illegal award Railway land: NAB

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a reference against officers/officials in Accountability Court Islamabad for their alleged involvement in...

Inflation slows down to 3.2pc in March

ISLAMABAD: Inflation has slowed down to 3.2 percent during March despite continuous increase in petroleum products prices. Inflation measured by...

IRSA releases 50,600 cusecs water

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Monday released 50,600 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of...

Govt reduces patrol price by Rs2.07 per litre

ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs2.07 per litre in a reshuffle of rates of petroleum...

Miftah urges provinces to cooperate to enhance recoveries

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the prime minister on Finance Miftah Ismail Friday urged all provinces to cooperate with the federal government...

SBP maintains key policy rate at 6pc

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has maintained key policy rate unchanged at 6 percent on high prospects of achieving...

NAB chairman reviews officers’ performance

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal chaired a meeting to review overall performance of Training and...

NAB references: Three co-accused in Dar assets case escape indictment

ISLAMABAD: The three co-accused in former finance minister Senator Ishaq Dar assets accumulation case escaped indictment for the third time...

FIA arrests 10 deportees at Lahore airport

byMatiur Rehman

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested 10 deportees who had arrived at Allama Iqbal Airport from different countries. According...

Pakistan to organize trade and investment conference in May

LONDON: Pakistan High Commission London in collaboration with Department of International Trade (DIT), United Kingdom (UK) would organize a high...

Pakistan Railways reduces long-distance fares by 10 per cent

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Railways on the directive of Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique have announced a reduction of...

3G/4G users cross 51 million mark

ISLAMABAD: The number of 3G and 4G users in the country has reached 51.248 million by end of February 2018,...

CPEC to spur insurance industry growth: President

KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain has said the insurance industry in the country would get significance in the near future after...

Rickshaw maker to manufacture cars

ISLAMABAD: Auto-rickshaw maker Sazgar Engineering Works has been granted permission to set up a new cars manufacturing plant in Pakistan...

Seafood exports reach $264.18m in eight months

ISLAMABAD: The exports of fish and fish preparations from the country have witnessed 10.18 per cent increase during first eight...

NAB focusing on capacity building of IOs to further improve performance