31 bonded labourers freed from private jails of landlords
UMERKOT: On the order of a local court, 31 bonded labourers, including women and children, were freed from two private jails of...
PM Imran says govt won’t ban social media
PM gives PTA and IT ministry a week to prepare social media regulations
UAE to give preference to Pakistanis for jobs, says Bukhari
ISLAMABAD: PM's Special Assistant for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Bukhari said on Saturday that once the coronavirus pandemic subsides, the United Arab Emirates...
Mansehra-Thakot Motorway to open for traffic soon, says Asim Bajwa
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information & Broadcasting and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa...
Cabinet approves amendments in Companies Act, 2017, to meet FATF’s demands
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has approved amendments in the Companies Act, 2017, to meet the demands of the Financial Action Task Force...
SPB says no policy rate cut in July
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday decided to skip the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for July...
Pakistan loses $100m in receipts from dates export, as trade remains suspended with India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani exporters of dates have incurred a loss of $100 million due to the suspension of trade with India since February...
KP awaits release of funds from federal govt for ADP 2020-21
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has not yet released the first tranche of the Annual Development Program (ADP) 2020-21 three weeks...
Satisfied with progress on CPEC projects, says President Alvi
KARACHI: President Arif Alvi, while addressing a webinar arranged by Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), expressed...
OGRA removes bottlenecks in wellhead gas price notification
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent bid to promote indigenous gas production, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has removed certain bottlenecks in...
NEPRA approves Rs4.26 hike in power rates for five months
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved an increase of Rs4.26 in the per-unit price of electricity for five...
Soomro urges financial sector to facilitate privatisation process
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation Mohammad Mian Soomro on Thursday urged the financial sector to participate as lenders in order to successfully...
Pakistan inks $750m financing pacts with WB, AIIB
'The funds will strengthen Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves and provide liquidity to the economy'
Italy to temporarily regularise undocumented Pakistani workers
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Pakistan to Italy Jauhar Saleem on Thursday said that the Italian government has decided to temporarily regularise undocumented Pakistani...
IHC orders CDA to seal ‘illegal’ navy club
IHC CJ says 'no one is above the law, not even courts'