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Hesco operation against defaulters in full swing
HYDERABAD: The operation against defaulters and power theft of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) is in full swing. The special...
Passport, visa fees fetch over Rs 86.5b in five years
ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Immigration and Passports has contributed Rs. 86.571 billion to national exchequer on account of passport and...
Railway tracks to be upgraded countrywide under CPEC
ISLAMABAD: The Railways Ministry will upgrade its existing tracks besides installing new railway tracks from Gwadar-Quetta-Jacobabad via Besima Tehsil in...
Motorcycle production increases by 16.54% in FY15-16
ISLAMABAD: The production of motorcycles increased by 16.54 percent during the fiscal year 2015-16 compared to the corresponding period of...
Balloki Power Plant to be fully functional by Jan 2018
BALLOKI (KASUR): The under-construction 1223 Mega Watt (MW) Balloki Combined Cycle Power Plant, having latest and environment-friendly 9-H gas turbine...
Ombudsman to take up overseas complaints via Skype, video-link
LAHORE: Federal Ombudsman Salman Farouqi has decided to hear complaints of overseas Pakistanis via video-link and Skype from countries where...
NHA completes Kohala-Muzaffarabad road rehabilitation project
ISLAMABAD: National Highway Authority (NHA) has completed Kohala-Muzaffarabad Road (S-2) rehabilitation project. The project is being carried out under Flood...
Punjab govt to spend Rs 400m on Cholistan development
LAHORE: The Punjab government is going to launch many development schemes in Choolistan to facilitate people of the area while...
GB Expressway to be highest road in the world: CM
ISLAMABAD: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafeezur Rahman said that Gilgit-Baltistan Expressway worth Rs 82 billion would be the highest road in...
Agri Dept to install drip irrigations system in Multan
MULTAN: The Punjab agriculture department will install drip irrigation system at 200 acres in district Multan, under Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity...
KP govt executing mega projects
ABBOTTABAD: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Higher Education Mushtaq Ghani on Saturday said strengthening of education and...
Pre-tax profit of Jubilee Life Insurance increases by 19% in 1H
KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited reported a pretax profit of Rs1,289 million for the first half of 2016, which...
Sindh government aims to offer incentives to Chinese investors
KARACHI: The Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) chairperson met and briefed Chinese companies about investment opportunities in Sindh in the...
PM to inaugurate 40MW coal-power project in Faisalabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif would inaugurate 40 mega watts (MW), coal fired power project at Sitara Chemical Industries...
US Deputy Secretary of Treasury calls Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar received a phone call from US Deputy Secretary of Treasury (equivalent to...
Foreign exchange reserves fall by $23.039b
KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country stood at $23.039 billion, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...
Sindh govt to start construction of Malir Expressway
KARACHI: To provide respite to the metropolis’ commuters, the Sindh government with the Asian Development Bank’s funding announced construction of...
Lucky cement’s income increases by 9.3%
KARACHI: Lucky Cement (LUCK) Thursday posted a total comprehensive income of Rs16.16 billion in the year ended on June 30,...
“Political unease” may impact on country’s economy: SBP
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra has said that any "political unease" will negatively affect the...
Agriculture sector not to achieve desired progress: CM
LAHORE: “It is unfortunate that despite having fertile lands, abundant water, a suitable climate and hardworking farmers, the agriculture sector...
