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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar Friday said the government would carry forward the unfinished economic agenda of former prime...

Govt approves Rs3.65b for Green Pakistan Programme

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved Rs 3.65 billions for implementation of the Prime Minister’s Green Pakistan Programme (GPP), which would...

Country exports surgical good, medical instruments worth $339.19m

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan exported surgical goods and medical instruments worth $339.19 million during the last fiscal year ended on June 30,...

KP government allocates Rs15.3b for power projects

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is taking revolutionary steps towards the development of energy sector. A numbers of power projects having...

Interior secretary recommends FIA officials for awards

LAHORE: The federal interior secretary has nominated two assistant directors of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Lahore to confer civil...

Two development schemes of Rs 1566.25m approved

LAHORE: The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Friday approved two development schemes of various sectors, with an estimated...

APCNGA for duty-waiver on import of CNG kits, cylinders

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Compressed Natural Gas Association (APCNGA) Chairman Abdul Ghiyas Paracha Friday said the Association had requested the Ministry...

Balochistan NAB freezes ex-finance secretary’s assets

QUETTA: National Accountability Bureau, Balochistan chapter has frozen former finance secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani’s illegal assets. The frozen assets included...

DG NAB distributes Rs15m cheques among affectees

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore Director General Shahzad Saleem distributed 25 cheques worth Rs 15 million among the Bank...

NAB hands over Rs5m cheque to Gepco official

LAHORE: Director General National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore Shahzad Saleem Thursday handed over Rs 5 million recovered-money cheque to Haroon-ur-Rasheed,...

SBP injects Rs1,290b into money market

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday injected Rs1,290 billion into money market for seven days through its open...

SECP extends date for filing statement of unclaimed amount to Oct 5

ISLAMABAD: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has extended the date for the filing of statement by companies regarding...

SECP registers 814 new companies in July

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) during the month of July 2017 registered 814 new companies. As...

Imran Farooq murder: Judicial remand of accused extended

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Islamabad Thursday extended judicial remand of three accused in Dr Imran Farooq murder case...

ANF seizes 551kg drugs, rounds up six drug peddlers

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has recovered 551-kilogram drugs, including 345kg opium and 206kg hashish, worth Rs 674 million in...

Japan, UNODC committed to build operational capacity of ANF

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) country office representative in Pakistan, Cesar Guedes, and Counsellor (Economic...

External debts increased by $0.7b in FY16-17

ISLAMABAD: The net increase in external public debt during the fiscal year 2016-17 was recorded at $0.7 billion till March...

Two more human smugglers arrested

FAISALABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency Thursday arrested two human smugglers for defrauding. According to FIA officials, accused Naveed Asif of...

UK crime agency to train NAB officials

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said National Crime Agency (NCA), United Kingdom (UK) has carried...

FIA arrests two human traffickers from Pasrur