PM announces 4G internet services, Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme for Balochistan

TURBAT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced to introduce 4G internet services and Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS) in Balochistan for the...

FBR develops ‘e-commerce automated clearance system’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs has developed an e-commerce automated clearance facility in collaboration with State Bank of Pakistan, Ministry of Commerce and e-commerce...

PM’s aide directs FBR to ensure transparency in revenue collection

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has directed the FBR's technical committee to simplify tax...

Dilapidated track: KCR train covers 14km in two hours in test run

KARACHI: The test run of the much-awaited Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) has begun, as a KCR train comprising four bogies and two...

Pakistan wants to extend CPEC to Afghanistan, says NA speaker

PESHAWAR: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said on Friday that Pakistan intends to enhance the scope of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to...

PM Imran directs finalisation of incentives for special technology zones

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the officials concerned to finalise incentives plan for special technology zones so that foreign investment...

PM urges overseas Pakistanis to invest in NPCs for better returns

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged overseas Pakistanis to invest in their home country and earn better returns. Addressing the launching ceremony...

Punjab govt to set up high-tech testing lab to boost exports 

LAHORE: Punjab Planning and Development (P&D) Board Chairman Hamid Yaqub Sheikh said on Thursday that a high-tech testing lab is being set...

Hafeez Shaikh calls for early completion of telecom spectrum sale process

ISLAMABAD: Stressing the need to release the unsold spectrum of Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS), Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr...

CCI okays Rs350bn project to control malnutrition, stunted growth

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has agreed to launch a five-year project worth Rs350 billion to control malnutrition and stunted...

PM reiterates commitment to timely completion of CPEC projects

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated Pakistan's strong commitment to timely completion of all projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Talking to Chinese...

Electric buses to ply on Lahore roads

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has accorded approval to ply electric buses on Lahore roads to curb the menace of...

30,000kg unhygienic gram flour seized

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has seized more than 30,000kg of ‘unhealthy’ besan from a factory in...

NA committee questions legality of ‘headless’ CPEC Authority

ISLAMABAD: As the ordinance of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority had expired on May 31, 2020, the Ministry of Planning, Development...

Former BDA chairman, TCC security officer remanded in Reko Diq scam

Quetta Accountability Court on Tuesday remanded former Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) chairman and former Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) security and government affairs...