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LAHORE: After the Punjab government failed to justify the urgency being shown in acquiring people’s properties for the project envisaging...

NIT’s assets boost by 17pc to Rs96b from Rs82b

Karachi - National Investment Trust’s assets under management increased by 17 percent to Rs96 billion on 31st December 2014 from...

No progress in 2 years: QWP lashes out at PTI-led KP govt

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chairman Sikandar Hayat Sherpao has lashed out at the provincial government for its...

9th Expo Pakistan Exhibition: $25b exports for 2013-2014 to reach $50b in 3 years, says PM

KARACHI – Assuring the nation that Karachi would be crime-free by 2018, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pledged to take the...

National Investment Trust’s assets boost by 17pc to Rs96b from Rs82b

Karachi - National Investment Trust’s assets under management increased by 17 percent to Rs96 billion on 31st December 2014 from...

16,000 metric tons LPG imported in Feb, 6,000MT more expected in a week

LAHORE: More than 16,000 metric tons Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been of imported in February and about 6,000MT more...

16th permanent representative: Dr Maleeha assumes charge as Pakistan’s 1st woman envoy to UN

NEW YORK: Dr Maleeha Lodhi has assumed the charge as Pakistan’s first woman ambassador and 16th Permanent Representative to the...

72m SIMs against 46m CNICs verified, 10m blocked: 3 or more unverified SIMs of one user to be blocked

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that the three or more unverified SIMs registered on one user’s CNIC (computerised...

From 40% to 85%: Decision of enlarge pictorial warnings on cigarette packets irks tobacco industrialists

ISLAMABAD: The tobacco industrialists have expressed their reservations over the Ministry of National Health Services’ (NHS) decision to increase area...

Rs24b project: CDA to build Islamabad Expressway from Zero Point to Rawat

ISLAMABAD: The Development Working Party of Capital Development Authority (CDA), in a meeting, has decided to build the Islamabad Expressway...

Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project, Pak-Kuwait signs loan agreement of $32 million

ISLAMABAD: The Pak-Kuwait signed loan agreement of $32 million for Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project. Secretary Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Saleem...

ICCI suggests privatization of energy sector

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested government to privatize the energy sector in order to cope with...

PHC orders NAB Chairman to submit comments in bail plea of Ghazan Hoti

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has given directions to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman to submit comments in...

Army sends six-truck relief consignment to Tharparkar

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has sent the six-truck consignment to Tharparkar. This was the second consignment of 42 tons of...

Multan Metro Bus project worth Rs 30b to begin in March

MULTAN: The work on the first phase of Multan Metro Bus will begin in March. The bus will facilitate 96,000...

2 held, 4 vans impounded, 25000 fine imposed: Crackdown against substandard CNG kits in public transport started

KARACHI: After losing 12 lives in an accident this week, Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has started crackdown against intercity...

Finance Minister assures economic cooperation for KP uplift

PESHAWAR: The Federal Finance Minister has said that the federal government will provide all possible support to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government...

Unverified SIMs to be blocked on Feb 27