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Religious Ministry spends over Rs 163m on minorities
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony had spent Rs 163.06 million for protection and maintenance of the...
Rs5b package, 318 Ramazan bazaars: Govt providing economic relief to millions
BAHAWALPUR: Millions of consumers have been provided economic relief through Chief Minister Punjab’s special Ramzan package of Rs 5 billion...
Govt allocates Rs 21 billion for various HEC projects
ISLAMABAD: the federal government has earmarked twenty-one billion rupees for various projects of Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the fiscal...
Motorway renovation project: PMIC chief raises question over quality of work
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Inspection Commission (PMIC) Chairman Colonel (r) Saif Qureshi has expressed reservation about the quality of bitumen being...
ADB assisting Sindh govt in most of development projects
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has revealed that out of Rs 28.8 billion foreign assisted projects, Asian Development...
FDI increases by 10.5% to $1.083b
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reported that foreign direct investment (FDI) increased 10.5 per cent in the...
Industrial free zone in Gwadar port to create 40,000 jobs
QUETTA: Work on construction of a 10-square-kilometer industrial free zone in Gwadar is underway and the port city alone will...
Huge reserves of crude oil, gas discovered in KP
KARACHI: Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) has made new discoveries of huge crude oil and gas reserves in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The...
Punjab govt okays 11 development schemes worth Rs3.9 billion
LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved 11 development schemes of various development sectors at an estimated cost of Rs3.9 billion....
Dar summarises reviewed budget
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has summed up the budget debate in the National Assembly, pledging to continue the...
CDWP okays 13 development projects worth Rs 91b
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) Friday approved Rs 91 billion worth of 13 development projects including Rs 88...
Over Rs 587 earmarked for exploration of natural resources
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs 587.476 million in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2016-17) for the four...
Weekly inflation decreases by 0.38%
ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation, measured through Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on June 16, for the combined...
Parliamentarians endorse Senate’s budget proposals
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians from both sides of aisle in the National Assembly, Friday endorsed different proposals, forwarded by the Senate to...
Senate passes Energy Efficiency, Conservation Bill-2016
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Friday unanimously passed the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill-2016 aimed at stipulating mechanism and procedures for...
PR to run more special Eid trains this year
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has decided to increase number of special Eid trains in order to ensure maximum facilities to passengers...
President lauds Dar on achieving MSCI’s status
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Friday congratulated Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the country’s upgradation to Emerging Markets status. In a...
Ramzan bazaars: Punjab govt ensures quality edibles at cheaper rates
BAHAWALPUR: Punjab government ensured the provision of quality food items at cheaper rates in Ramzan Bazaars under the spirit to...
Duty on Indian cotton: Textile millers rule out Senate body’s proposal
KARACHI: The textile millers have rejected Senate committee’s recommendation for imposing regulatory duty on import of cotton from India through...
641 in May: SECP registers 5,626 companies in 11 months
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 5,626 new companies in 11 months and 641 in May....
