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Loadshedding to be eliminated by 2018: Kh Asif
SIALKOT: The government is committed to overcome the prevailing energy crisis and loadshedding would be eliminated by 2018. This was...
NAVTTC to train over 50,000 youth this year
ISLAMABAD: The National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) has announced to train more than 50,000 unemployed youth across the...
Govt striving to ensure veterinary drugs manufacturing at local level
ISLAMABAD: In bid to avoid imports and to control prices of veterinary drugs, the government is striving to ensure local...
Transnet Keen on Port Projects, CEO Says
CAP TOWN: Transnet SOC Ltd. is interested in bidding for pipeline projects in East Africa and proposed getting involved in...
$1b CASA-1000 project: Pakistan to receive 1,000MW by 2020
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Central Asia-South Asia-1000 (CASA-1000) power project in Tajikistan....
Forex reserves surge to near $21 billion
KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the country increased $47 million to $20.834 billion by week ended May 6, 2016...
Dastgir stresses joint effort to boost cotton yield
ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that his ministry will work in collaboration with the provincial governments...
Banking sector’s profits remain flat at Rs 48b in Q1
KARACHI: The profitability of the country’s banking sector remained flat at Rs47.8 billion during the first quarter of fiscal year....
Saudi Arabia gives Pakistan 396 metric tonnes dates
PESHAWAR: Pakistan has received 396 metric tonnes of dates by Saudi Arabia through World Food Programme (WFP). These dates are...
$19 billion trade deficit recorded during July-April
ISLAMABAD: The country’s trade deficit stood at $19 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (2015-16)...
Auto sales up by 26% to 152,229 units in 10 months
KARACHI: Auto sales in the country has witnessed 26 per cent surged in the first ten months of fiscal year...
World Bank lauds BISP’s Waseela-e-Taleem scheme
KARACHI: World Bank has lauded the efforts of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) for running a successful Waseela-e-Taleem and...
Exports to India will be increased to $1b within a year: Dastagir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan has said that the exports from Pakistan to India will be increased to...
WB asks Pakistan to speed up reforms to quicken economic growth
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to speed up reform of the energy sector and bring more women into...
Khattak calls for attracting investors to set up industries in KP
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, presiding over the first meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade, has called...
Dar invites Japanese investors to explore Pak auto market
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has invited the Japanese investors to explore auto market in Pakistan especially after new auto...
Fesco may declare NTN compulsory for consumers
FAISALABAD: The board of directors of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) has considered declaring the National Tax Number (NTN)...
Federal Ombudsman disposes of 227,920 cases in 3 years
ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman has disposed of 227,920 cases in the last three years with an implementation ratio of over 97...
Over 2.3m workers sent abroad in three years
ISLAMABAD: As many as 2,321,751 skilled and unskilled workers have been sent abroad for employment through Bureau of Emigration and...
Overseas ministry supports 10,985 people in KP thru schemes
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Department has benefitted 10,985 persons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through different schemes during...
