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NAB chief for creating awareness about corruption
LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry Tuesday said the most effective way to create awareness among masses...
Surgical goods, medical instruments exports increases by 4.38% to $116m
ISLAMABAD: Exports of medical goods and surgical instruments from the country registered growth of 4.38 percent during first four months...
ECC okays wheat support price at Rs1,300/40kg
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committe of the Cabinet has approved support price of Rs1,300 per 40kg for wheat crop 2015-16....
LHC extends stay on 14% increase in gas tariff
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has extended stay on 14 per cent increase in gas tariff and sought reply from...
CCP okays integration of three stock exchanges
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued detailed Phase II Review order, undertaken under Section 11 of the...
Man-made fibber yarn import increases to 72,300 tons
LAHORE: The import of man-made fibber yarns has increased to 72300 tons in 2014-15 against 47700 tons in 2012-13. Similarly,...
40m balls annually: Sialkot fulfils 70% world demands of hand-stitched balls
LAHORE: Sialkot is fulfilling the 70 per cent of total world demand of hand stitched inflatable balls (around 40 million...
Govt increases duty on 350 food, other items to generate Rs40b
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the prices of 350 basic food items and other essential goods by surging one per...
Prices of petrol, HSD to remain unchanged
ISLAMABAD: The government has announced to keep the prices of petrol and high speed diesel (HSD) unchanged for the month...
More than Rs216.58b released for different projects under PSDP
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released more than Rs216.58 billion for different social sector developmental projects under Public Sector Development...
Train touches highest speed of 150km/h in Pakistan Railways’ history
LAHORE: A trial train has touched the highest speed of 150-kilometre per hour in the history of Pakistan Railways. Pakistan...
Pesco annual deficit reduced to Rs16b from Rs34b
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Eclectic Supply Company’s (Pesco) annual deficit has reduced by Rs16 billion in fiscal year 2014-15 from the...
Wheat-sowing target on 2.43m acres land to be achieved soon
BAHAWALPUR: The Agricultural Department has announced to shortly achieve target of sowing wheat on 2.34 million acres of land in...
Sugar mills start giving 4.5MW electricity to national grid
BAHAWALPUR: The sugar mills in Bahawalpur have started supplying their self-produced electricity to the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco). The...
Five more aircraft to be added to boost PIA’s flight operations: Azeem
ISLAMABAD: With the aim to expand flight operations, five more aircraft would be added soon to the Pakistan International Airlines...
Aussie govt offers Pakistan to buy its LNG
KARACHI: The Australian government has offered Pakistan to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from it to help boost the country’s...
Govt urged to develop railway system to support CPEC
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has urged the government to improve railways system to enable it to support China-Pakistan...
Banking spreads reach 38bps
LAHORE: The average banking spreads reached 38bps annually during first ten months of current calendar year 2015 at 5.62 percent...
0.3% WHT to continue in Dec, tax return filing date extended till Dec 31
LAHORE: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, during a meeting with the delegation of United Business Group and Federation of Pakistan...
PR announces to run special winter train from Rawalpindi to Quetta
RAWALPINDI: The government has announced to run a special train for winter season from Rawalpindi to Quetta. Pakistan Railway will...
