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ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Thursday ordered to close Chashma, Jhelum Link and Taunsa Panjnad Link canals, after...

PPL discovers gas in Mariari

KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has discovered gas in District Matiari, Sindh. The discovery was made at the PPL’s Fazl...

Parc announces olive cultivation on 50,000 acres land in five years

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc) has announced to cultivate olive on about 50,000 acres of land across the...

Rs60b arrears: Rangers to help recover power bill dues in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has directed the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) officials to...

Several kilograms of ‘pig meat’ seized at Lahore railway station

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has seized several kilograms 'meat of dead pigs' being supplied to provincial capital from Rawalpindi....

Govt wants ADB help to completeGovt wants ADB help to complete Jamshoro Power Project

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Thursday requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to financially support the construction of Jamshoro Power Project’s...

Value of paper-based banking transactions up by 10% to Rs127 trillion

KARACHI: The Central Bank has reported 0.12 per cent decline in the volume of paper-based transactions to 361 million in...

Standard Chartered, ORIX Leasing sign sale-purchase pact

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank and ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited have reached a sale-purchase agreement for divestment of the laters shareholdings...

Cargo agents’ strike costing billions of rupee losses

KARACHI: The cargo containers have filled the country’s main port due to continuous strike of freight forwarders and air cargo...

IPR, HEC organise seminar on socio-economic development

ISLAMABAD: The Institute for Policy Reforms (IPR) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) have jointly organised a seminar under the...

National kitty being deprived of Rs 5 to 6b/month due to illegal trade at Torkham border, SC told

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed that the national exchequer was facing losses to the tune of Rs 5 to...

IFC provides Rs 20m for construction of LNG Terminal

byShahid Minhas

ISLAMABAD: International Finance Corporation has provided Rs 20 million for the construction, design and operation of LNG Terminal at Port...

PBIT plans to visit Iran for promoting bilateral trade

LAHORE: The Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT), on the directives of the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, in...

TDAP to hold WEXNET Exhibition 2015

LAHORE: Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is organizing Pakistan's largest trade exhibition WEXNET 2015 here at Expo Centre from...

CPEC, CAREC to prove a milestone in regional development: ADB