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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Ambassador to Turkey Sohail Mahmood Wednesday called for further enhancing Pak-Turkish cooperation in agriculture and livestock sectors for...

Warid brings good news for its customers, offers yet another chance to re-verify their SIMs

ISLAMABAD: Following Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) deadline ended on April 12, Warid Telecom is offering another chance to re-verify the...

2 million tons garbage being removed: KMC Administrator vows action against encroachers

KARACHI: The Administrator of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Saqib Ahmed Soomro, has said that despite the influential mafia is behind...

Infrastructure to grow 1000 times by 2020: Govt for introducing best mobile broadband services

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rahman Khan, addressing the Nokia Networks conference, has said that the...

Violation of Section 4 of Competition Act: CCP imposes Rs140m fine on automakers for cartelisation, price fixing

ISLAMABAD: After a thorough inquiry, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed Rs140 million fine on Pakistan Automobile Manufacturers...

Building blocks for life discovered in distant star system

LONDON: For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in...

3×37 MVAR shunt reactors replaced at 500 kV Dadu grid station

LAHORE: The single phase Shunt Reactors at 500 kV grid station Dadu have been replaced to control the high voltage...

SECP approves strict code of conduct for employees

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Policy Board has approved a wide ranging code of conduct for...

CASA-1000, TAPI projects to be materialized soon: Khurram Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan Tuesday said that CASA-1000 and TAPI projects would materialize soon, bringing further...

SECP promulgates new rules for underwriters, balloters and transfer agents

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ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has introduced `Underwriters Rules, 2015' and `Balloters and Transfer Agents Rules,...

CCP imposes penalty of Rs 140 million on Automobile Association for cartelization

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has passed an order imposing a penalty of Rs 140 million on the...

Dar asks AG to conduct last 5 years audit of PHF

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has asked the Auditor General of Pakistan to urgently conduct last 5 years...

KCA opposes proposal to impose ST on Raw Cotton

KARACHI: Karachi Cotton Association(KCA) Chairman Amin Hashwani has expressed concerns over the proposed imposition of Standard Sales Tax on Cotton...

6-month course: Tevta sings MoU with PED to train solar power technicians

LAHORE: With an aim to enter into joint collaboration for training of Solar Photovoltaic Technicians, the Technical Education and Vocational...

14-hour for urban, 16-hour for rural areas: Prolonged power outages disturb Faisalabadites’ life

FAISALABAD: The prolonged power outages in the industrial city, Faisalabad, have destroyed the commercial and domestic life. Despite Federal Minister...

$12/mmbtu determines by Nepra: Power generated from LNG to cost higher than furnace oil, reveals IPR report

LAHORE: The Institute for Policy Reforms (IPR) has revealed in its report that the cost of electricity generated through the...

Pak can earn $84b using 100% raw material: Govt urged to appoint textile minister immediately

LAHORE: The end of Abbas Afridi’s tenure as textile minister is creating problems for the industry as the industrialists have...

Space station grocery run stalled by storm clouds

NEW YORK: SPACEX will have to wait another day to deliver groceries and an espresso maker to the International Space...

1500MW being saved ‘illogically’: Traders warn govt if decision of early closures of markets imposed forcefully