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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan industrial sector is expected to grow up to 7.7 per cent during current fiscal year as compared to...

Housing ministry to construct 1200 flats in capital

ISLAMABAD: The ministry of housing and works has planned to launch a mega housing project under which 1,200 flats would...

Punjab govt to provide 5m smart phones to farmers

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to provide smart phones to five million small farmers to educate them on the...

Incentives for oversees Pakistanis can drop Remittances register decline :APBF

LAHORE: As the remittances have registered a decline of more than 36 percent, the All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) has...

NHA spent over Rs 30.544b on maintenance of highways, motorways in 3 yrs

ISLAMABAD: National Highway Authority (NHA) spent Rs 30,544.657 million (over Rs 30.544 billion) on maintenance of national highways and motorways...

9.5m bales target: Record cotton production expected in Punjab

MULTAN: Record cotton production is expected this year in Punjab as the current crop situation is very good. The Agriculture...

Dar reviews ongoing projects of FWO

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar Saturday held a meeting with a delegation of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO). FWO Director...

Sri Lankan finance minister lauds Pakistan’s economic progress

ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has appreciated the exceptional economic performance of Pakistan over the past three years...

Social Security Dept to take action against tax defaulter industrialists

SIALKOT: The Social Security Department, during its ongoing crackdown against the tax evaders, has decided to get arrested 367 industrialists....

Income tax not deducted from landlords on wheat purchase

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Food Department has refuted news item about alleged irregularities in purchase of Wheat by the department and...

OGRA to renew licences under new rules

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has strongly rebutted news item in a section of press on 16-08-2016 that...

Cotton market prices rise

ISLAMABAD: Prices tended higher marginally on the cotton market on Friday in the process of tight supply position, dealers said....

NBP’s tax profit increases by 25.3% to Rs9.5b during 1H

KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) after-tax profit increased by 25.3 per cent to Rs9.5 billion in the first half...

Wapda chairman declares to complete under construction projects

26/08/2016

LAHORE: Newly appointed Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman General (Retired) Muzammil Hussain has declared that his first priority...

Dar appreciates WB’s support to Pakistan

25/08/2016

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Finance has appreciated the support of the World Bank and its President, Dr. Jim Yong...

Waqar Massoud Khan elected as new Chairman in 8th SAARC Finance Secretaries Conference

25/08/2016

ISLAMABAD: The 8th SAARC Finance Secretaries meeting took place in Islamabad today, Arjun Bahadur Thapa, Secretary General SAARC started the...

PBIF’s president asks govt to increase duty on wheat imports to 60%