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CHAKDARA: Tehsil Council Samar Bagh district lower Dir has approved Rs122.5 million budget for the year 2017-18. Saeed Ahmad Bacha...

Assistant Director, Sub-Engineer Wasa suspended

FAISALABAD: Assistant Director Construction and Sub-Engineer of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) have been suspended on charge of negligence and...

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Commerce ministry keen to modernise trade mechanism

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Commerce is focussing on modernising the trade mechanism to facilitate international and domestic trade, and enhance export....

FIA nabs two human smugglers

FAISALABAD: FIA team have arrested two human smugglers including a lady on charge of extorting money from citizens for sending...

Counters set up to provide interest-free loans to farmers

JHANG: A special counter has been set up at Land Record Centres in every Tehsil headquarters to provide interest free...

NBP to be made number one bank of Pakistan: Saeed Ahmed

KARACHI: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) would be made the number one Bank of Pakistan Said its President Saeed...

WB, RTA joint study to be held for transport system in city

KARACHI: World Bank’s delegation held a meeting with Commissioner Karachi Aijaz Ahmed Khan in his office, wherein the role of...

CPEC a unique opportunity to integrate with regional economies: experts

LAHORE: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a unique opportunity to integrate with regional economies and will become a hub of...

Sindh Governor Zubair refuses to endorse anti-NAB bill

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair Friday refused to approve a bill which seeks to repeal the applicability of the National...

SECP chief Zafar Hijazi meets capital market professionals at PSX

KARACHI: Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Zafar Hijazi has emphasized that stock exchange and market participants must...

SBP’s reserves increase 0.33%, amount to $16.2b

KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased 0.33% on a weekly basis, according to...

Macroeconomic vulnerabilities reemerging: IMF

ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan’s macro-economic vulnerabilities are re-emerging. In its country report on Pakistan...

Raising withholding, petroleum taxes to help enhancing tax-to-GDP ratio: IMF