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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has demanded gas for power generation and Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has written several letters to...

With $22.5b assets, $2b equity: ABG earns $207m in 9 months

KARACHI: With assets strength of $22.5 billion and equity of $2 billion, Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG) earned $207 million...

Rs21.8b earning with 73% growth: Mamnoon greets PSO on inclusion in Forbes top 2000 Company list

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain lauded the outstanding performance of the PSO and its subsequent inclusion in Forbes top 2000 Company...

Standard Chartered lauds sale of $1b Sukuk bonds at 7.75% interest rate

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Pakistan Chief Executive Officer Shazad Dada has dubbed the issuance of Sukuk bonds an achievement for the...

$2b offered for PSM revamp: Pak-Russia agree to deepen trade, economic ties: Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: The Russian Bank VneshTorgovBank (VTB) and public-sector enterprise Tyazhpromexport have expressed their readiness to offer $2 billion ($1 each)...

Rs800m taxes, 120m bags annually: PJMA urges jute bags use for food items

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KARACHI: The government should make compulsory the use of jute bags for storage and packaging of grains and other edibles....

80mmcf gas sought for 200MW electricity, KP industries: CM Khattak approaches PM

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has demanded gas for power generation and Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has written several letters to...

Karachiites transport woes: Sindh yet to release funds for repair to CNG buses

KARACHI: Though Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah inaugurated half of the previously running 36 CNG buses on Sept 5,...

100,000 deaths annually: Governor vows water filtration plant in every school to save lives

FAISALABAD: More than 100,000 children die every year of water-borne diseases caused by drinking of unhygienic and contaminated water. Punjab...

Three zones, 10 teams: CDA goes all-out against encroachers

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) have divided the capital into three zones and constituted 10 teams to retrieve occupied...

600-kg dead chicken, meat captured; three held from Tollington Market

LAHORE: The district government officials led by the District Officer (DO) Livestock carried out a raid and captured 600-kg dead...

Online tickets purchase: HBL, Emirates to give credit card holders discount

KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Emirates airline have signed an agreement through which the bank’s credit card customers will...

$35b global business, 1500 clients: Azure Global, ACCA team up in Pakistan

LAHORE: UK-based accounting company Azure Global has collaborated with ACCA to become the part of Pakistan’s fastest growing and most...

PSM seeks Rs8b for overhauling, Rs4.5b for boosting production

KARACHI: Pakistan Steel Mills’ (PSM) Board of Directors has decided to move a summary to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)...

R100m embezzlement: NAB apprehends PDA official, releases Director after Rs8.1m plea bargain

PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after completing investigation in a Rs100 million embezzlement case, has arrested...

Rs488/mmbtu instead of Rs123: Tuwairqi Steel to invest $900m, Qaim to resolve gas tariff

ISLAMABAD: Tuwairqi Steel Mills Ltd (TSML) Chairman Dr Hilal Hussain Al-Tuwairqi has said if the government does not reduce gas...

28% cut in int’l oil rates: Govt needs to slash POL prices by 20%

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ISLAMABAD: After a sharp decline of almost 28% in world Brent crude oil, trading from $114 in mid-June to $78...

$45.6b Pak-China economic corridor to open new vistas, boost trade