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ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has submitted his complaint against Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the...

KP NAB directed to shift PDA cases to Rawalpindi

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has given approval to shift all cases of the Peshawar...

FIA arrests human trafficker

KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC), Karachi arrested Al Hashmi Travel Hajj and Umrah Chief Manager Qaiser...

Phone companies depositing WHT on weekly basis

ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone companies are depositing withholding tax to national exchequer on weekly basis, Minister of State for Finance, Revenue...

SBP injects Rs 1,230.2 billion into market

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan on Thursday injected Rs 1,230.2 billion into money market for seven days as reverse repo...

Food commodities worth $2.395b exported in seven months

ISLAMABAD: Country earned $2.395 billion by exporting different food commodities during last seven months of current financial year as compared...

Current account deficit widens to $9.15b in 7 months

KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit has widened by 48 percent to $9.156 billion during July - January 2017-18 as compared...

NAB orders probe against federal health minister, PMDC chairman

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has ordered a probe against State Minister for Health Saira Afzal Tarar and the Pakistan...

NAB to hold open court on every Thursdays

MULTAN: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will hold an open court on last Thursday of every month. According to NAB...

FIA arrests passenger held at Lahore airport

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration has arrested a passenger at Allama Iqbal International Airport. According to a spokesman,...

Senate body expresses reservation over mismanagement, transparency in PIA

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Privatization and Statistics has expressed reservation over mismanagement and non-transparency in Pakistan Airlines (PIA), which was...

ADB delegation calls on Secretary BISP, discuss various initiatives

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) lead by Director General Central and West Asia Department (CWRD) Werner E....

Rs148b project: NAB to probe into award of motorway construction contract

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to summon the former chairman of National High Authority (NHA), Shahid Ashraf...

FIA launches crackdown against human traffickers

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launched a crackdown against human traffickers and arrested two of them and three passengers....

3,388 human traffickers nabbed in three years

ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 3,388 persons who were allegedly involved in human trafficking during last three years....

KP NAB to hold open court on chairman’s directions

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Director general Farmanullah Khan has announced holding an open court (khuli kucheri) following...

Foreign exchange rates

KARACHI: The Exchange Rates Committee of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan issued the following exchange rates bulletin, here on Monday....

IRSA releases 77,200 cusecs water

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Monday released 77,200 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 32,100...

Business activities would boost in province by making investment board functional; Minister