PM Imran orders indiscriminate action against hoarders
ISLAMABAD: Chairing a meeting to review prices of basic commodities on Tuesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed an indiscriminate action against hoarders...
Senate passes two bills related to FATF
ISLAMABAD: The upper house of parliament on Tuesday passed two more bills related to Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as reported by their...
SBP increases loan limit for women entrepreneurs
KARACHI: In order to encourage women to participate in the economy, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has enhanced the financing limit...
PSO becomes first OMC to launch Euro-V fuel
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has become the first oil marketing company (OMC) to upgrade the country’s fuel standard from Euro 2 to...
Pakistan gives go-ahead to Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s drug regulator greenlit the country’s first Phase 3 clinical trial for a potential Covid-19 vaccine, which is being developed by...
Sharif Group of Companies CFO remanded in NAB custody
LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday granted 14 days’ physical remand of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sharif Group of Companies to...
More trade among SAARC states to reduce poverty: FM
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the promotion of economic and trade cooperation among SAARC (South Asian Association for...
CM Buzdar says committed to facilitating industrialists, traders
Punjab CM inaugurates One-Window Smart Service Centre at LCCI, urges other provincial chambers to follow suit
SC orders return of state land granted for petrol pumps
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered the return of state land given on lease for petrol pumps in Faisalabad by...
No slowdown in activities under CPEC, says Razak Dawood
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce, Textile, Industry, Production and Investment Abdul Razaq Dawood on Sunday denied rumors regarding slowdown...
Kamyab Jawan Programme might create 50,000 jobs by year end, says Usman Dar
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar on Sunday said the Kamyab Jawan Programme (KJP)...
FBR to expedite operation against tax evasion
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Javed Ghani on Saturday directed all FBR field offices to expedite operation against tax evasion.
A...
PM Khan says ‘Blue Economy’ policy to revitalise shipping sector, save foreign exchange
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday congratulated the Ministry of Maritime Affairs for finalising the ‘Blue Economy’ policy saying that it will...
Nine KP departments await release of ADP funds
PESHAWAR: Despite the approval of Rs317 billion for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal year 2020-21,the KP Finance Department...
FBR unearths Rs134.45m tax evasion; industrialist held
ISLAMABAD: The Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (Inland Revenue), Faisalabad, unearthed Rs134.453 million sales tax evasion and arrested an industrialist on Friday.
According...