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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that government has not changed a single inch of the...

PBITT: Chinese team briefed on mango export

BEIJING: The Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) facilitated a meeting of a four-member Chinese delegation with the mango...

Dar to attend ADB’s Board of Governors meeting in Baku

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan to participate in the 48th annual meeting of Asian...

Govt. utilizing all resources to facilitate people: CM Shahbaz

FAISALABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Punjab government was utilizing all available resources to facilitate the...

Mobile phone import rises 13.06 percent to S539.58 million in 9 months

ISLAMABAD: The mobile phone imports into the country increased by 13.06 percent to US $539.583 million during first nine months...

Pakistan stands at 44th largest economy in world with GDP of $225.14 b

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has the potential to become the 18th largest economy of world by 2050, leaving behind many strong economies,...

Public Accounts Committee directs Trade Development Authority of Pakistan to address unspent amount of Rs1.1 b

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) directed the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to address the matter related to...

Islamabad High Court wants replies on Liquefied Petroleum Gas issue from OGDCL

ISLAMABAD: A company whose contract for extracting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was cancelled by the Supreme Court with directions to...

Jhelum administration to carry out efforts to eradicate forced marriages

JHELUM: Jhelum district government and the British High Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to carry out joint...

World Bank approves $50 m to improve skills training programs in Punjab

KARACHI: The World Bank approved US$50 million to improve skills training programs in priority growth sectors in Punjab. The project...

Overseas Pakistanis pumps over $150 billion into Pakistan In last 10 years

ISLAMABAD: In 2014, overseas Pakistanis added $17 billion to the country’s foreign exchange coffers through home remittances, which is nearly...

Government plans to increase BISP to reach some five million beneficiary households by June 2015

KARACHI: Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) has decided to scrutinize database of its beneficiaries to weed out fraud and identify...

World oil market dips after rallying on back of first drop in US stockpiles for six months

LONDON: The world oil market dipped after rallying on the back of the first drop in US stockpiles for six...

Wheat Purchasing Campaign: Control rooms establishes in wheat growing areas to address complaints

MULTAN: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan said special centers and control rooms had...

Fifth mini-budget: Federal government to generate tax revenues, imposes additional ad hoc taxes on petroleum products

ISLAMABAD: The federal government in its desperation to generate tax revenues introduced a fifth mini-budget in as many months and...

Disinflation is not dead, just resting