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ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has stated that the organization had recovered Rs 50 billion and...

LPG production stood at 1.918mmt in three years

ISLAMABAD: Local production of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) remained over 1.918 million metric tonns (mmt), imports 0.840 mmt, sales 2.559...

Seafood exports increase 12.19% in July

ISLAMABAD: The exports of Fish and Fish preparations witnessed an increase of 12.19 percent during the month first month of...

OGDCL, PPL spend Rs 9.7b on welfare schemes

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) have spent over Rs 9.7 billion on...

NTHRI identifies over 64,000 acres of land for tea cultivation

ISLAMABAD: National Tea and High Value Crop Research Institution (NTHRI) Shinkiari has identified over 64,000 acres of land for tea...

ANF recovers huge cache of drugs

SUKKUR: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) in a raid recovered a huge cache of narcotics from village Nawab Khan Wassan, district...

IRSA releases 276,500 cusecs water

ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Thursday released 276,500 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 262,400...

Govt employees to get salary on August 28

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday approved the disbursement of salaries to employees of the federal government...

Rs70b Kachchi canal opening expected on Sep 15

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The 430-kilometre-long Kachchi canal, completed under a Rs 70 billion project to irrigate agriculture land in Balochistan,...

Acting NAB chairman emphasises role of forensic science in modern era

ISLAMABAD: Acting Chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Imtiaz Tajwar on Wednesday emphasised the role of forensic science in the...

KPOGCL, Halliburton sign MoU to collaborate in oil, gas projects

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KPOGCL) and Halliburton, a world-known US company, Wednesday signed a Memorandum of...

ERKF Project organizes awareness seminar for local industrialists

PESHAWAR: Economic Revitalization of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA (ERKF) Project organized an awareness seminar regarding the projects for the Industrial...

SECP submits record of Dar’s companies to NAB

LAHORE: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has submitted records of companies owned by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar,...

SECP conducting probe into alleged BoP share manipulation

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Wednesday informed the Senate Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs...

Advance payments to sugar mills scam sent to NAB, PAC told

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Commerce Wednesday informed Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that matter related to the advance payment of Rs 1.158...

Gas companies to spend Rs 64.2b on reinforcing transmission network

ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) would spend around Rs 64.209 billion...

NAB investigating over 600 persons including Sindh MPAs, bureaucrats

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started inquiries and investigations against more than 600 persons, including 15 lawmakers, mostly...

NAB to initiate inquiry into Rs70b Gwadar land scam

QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has announced to initiate inquiry into the irregularities committed in allotment of valuable state...

NAB ‘preparing’ references against Sharif family