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SBP decides to rationalise processing fee for refund requests
LAHORE: The State Bank has decided to rationalise processing fee for refund requests against the penalties imposed on account of...
49,000MW needed by 2025: UPSs consuming 2000MW electricity, says REAP
LAHORE: The increasing usage of the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) systems in Pakistan are consuming about 2000MW of electricity on...
Plant clinics to provide technical assistance to farmers
LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced to launch plant clinics in across the province, which will not only make the...
Paddy crop to be cultivated on more than 4.5m acres in Punjab
SIALKOT: The Punjab Agriculture Department has announced that the paddy crop will be cultivated on more than 4.5 million acres...
Budget 2015-16: Govt urged to demolish all duties on import of solar equipment
LAHORE: In its budget proposals to end loadshedding in the country, Pakistan Solar Association (PSA) has asked the government to...
Milk price to increase by Rs7/litre as govt to abolish zero-rating facility
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is going to abolish zero-rating facility to the dairy sector to collect Rs8 billion revenue. However,...
Fisheries Dept decides to lift ban on angling in Rawal Lake
ISLAMABAD: The Agriculture and Fisheries Department in the federal capital has announced to lift ban on angling in the Rawal...
Body formed to review current pay scales of govt employees
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has constituted a special committee to review the current pay scales of government employees...
Petrol increased by Rs3.50 to Rs77.79, diesel by Rs3.51 to Rs87.12
ISLAMABAD: The government has increase prices of all petroleum products by Rs3.50 per litre for the month of June. The...
142 companies, 340 stalls: LDFA-2015 exhibition concludes
KARACHI: The two-day livestock, dairy fisheries, poultry and agriculture exhibition (LDFA-2015), organised by Sindh Board of Investment has concluded here...
No major power project completed in 2yrs, Rs600b circular debt resurfaces: PEW
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has lauded the government for curbing circular debt after coming in power, but said...
Growth to remain below 5% if agriculture, manufacturing, remittances not given importance
ISLAMABAD: Growth rate would remain below five percent if agriculture, manufacturing and remittances are not given importance in the next...
4th int’l conference on energy, gas, oil concludes
LAHORE: A three-day 4th international energy, gas, oil and power exhibition and conference (EGO) Pakistan 2015 has ended here at...
Petrol increased by Rs3.50 to Rs77.79, diesel by Rs3.51 to Rs87.12
ISLAMABAD: The government has increase prices of all petroleum products by Rs3.50 per litre for the month of June. The...
Dar lauds budget proposals on IT sector
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar met senior officials of the Ministry of Information Technology and the Federal Board of Revenue...
Textiles sector to be facilitated in budget 2015-16: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had an interactive session with representatives of the textile industry, considering their proposals for the...
Textile exports up by 2.94% to $1.05b in April
ISLAMABAD: The country has witnessed 2.94 per cent growth textile export in April as compare to the exports of same...
K-Electric competes procedure of selling sukuk bond worth Rs22b
KARACHI: K-Electric has completed procedure of selling Rs22 billion sukuk to fund future investments in the latest transaction in the...
Ogra recommends govt not to increase petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to avoid inflation during the holy month of Ramadan, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra)...
Ahsan briefs Balochistan, KP students on CPEC
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, while talking to the university students from Balochsitan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,...
