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No safe water for 63m people: KP marks World Water Day
PESHAWAR: The World Water Day has also been marked in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the Al-Khidmat Foundation, Peshawar chapter held a...
Disposing of 3,589 complaints, NAB recovered Rs1.432b, held 70 suspects of frauds in 2014, chairman told
KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry was told that NAB had apprehended 70 suspects and recovered an...
World Bank approves $187m for SIAPEP as seepage, spillage, leakage cause loss of 40 to 50pc water
ISLAMABAD: For Sindh Irrigated Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Project (SIAPEP), the World Bank has made approval of $187 million to support...
Korean envoy concerned as exports down by 3% to 6%, imports by 33% to 23% in 2013-14
FAISALABAD: The Korean Ambassador in Pakistan expressed a hope that bilateral trade ties between his country and Pakistan would deepen...
NTDCL signs three wind power projects of 30MW, 49.5MW and 50MW capacity
LAHORE: National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDCL) has signed 30MW power project with Tapal Wind Energy Private Limited, 49.5MW...
SPI for Rs8,000-income group down by 0.23%, Rs35,000-group by 0.21%
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data revealed that weekly inflation for combined income group witnessed a decline of 0.23...
Punjab industrial cost up by Rs22.5b; Sindh dumping 100,000 tones sugar due to lower price
LAHORE; With the Punjab industrial cost hike by at least Rs22.5 billion, the Punjab government’s unilateral fixation of sugarcane price...
Finance Ministry eyes secured & persistent funding to mortgage market through MRC
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry eyes in secured and consistent provision of long term funding to primary mortgage market with the...
Finance Ministry follows interim arrangement for resource allocation in absence of latest poverty estimates
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of absence of last poverty estimates, the Finance Ministry has been following an interim arrangement for...
Pak-China economic corridor key to region’s progress: CM Punjab
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif termed Pak-China economic corridor is an important progress towards stability of increasing trade and...
APBF hails 50bps SBP rate cut, says credit to private sector declines to Rs 325.8b from Rs 224.5b
LAHORE: The businessmen welcomed the SBP’s decision of cutting interest rate by another 50 basis points, and said that the...
Pakistan’s PAEC committed to raising N-power from 755MW to 40,000MW by 2050
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Chairman Ansar Pervaiz said that the overall production of nuclear power plants in Pakistan...
KSE-100 Index suffers 9.5pc loss since Feb 2015 after 127pc growth during three years
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange witnessed a decline of 9.5 percent in benchmark 100 index since February 2015 after three...
SPI for combined income group sees 0.23pc decline, for Rs8,000- group down by 0.23pc
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group witnessed a decline of 0.23 percent for the week ended March 19 versus...
SBP amends rules, allows banks/DFIs to grant 10-year home loan
KARACHI: The SBP said that banks/DFIs can grant loan to an individual for up to 10 years as home loan,...
755MW nuclear power to reach 3,535MW by 2021; 40,000MW by 2050 target: PAEC
Karachi: Under the Nuclear Power Vision, the overall of production of electricity will be increased to 40,000MW by 2050 by...
27km-long, $105m route: Sindh govt to build Red Line with own resources as ADB withdraws
KARACHI: Sindh Transport Secretary Tauha Ahmed Farooqui, speaking at a workshop organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the...
Nawaz hints at privatisation of 26% PIA share; Pak progress rate under 0.01% versus 8.4% in S Asia
ISLAMABAD: Efforts were being made to revive the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) though it had been in very bad shape,...
Lower inflation prompts SBP to cut policy rate by 50 basis points
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan cut its key discount rate to 8 percent from 8.5 percent on Saturday, citing...
Rs20,000 against official price of Rs1,000: Air Chief asked to intervene in black marketing of housing scheme’s form
ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Air Staff has been asked to intervene in the black marketing of registration forms of Fazaia...
