Govt says most sugar subsidies given during PML-N’s tenure
Shahzad Akbar says ex-premier Abbasi gave Rs20bn subsidy on sugar
Financial guarantee likely to be made mandatory for shipping companies
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to make 'financial guarantee' a mandatory requirement for shipping companies in the upcoming year budget 2020-21,...
Govt briefed on liquidity issues hampering large-scale manufacturing
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Nishat Group met Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh to apprise him...
PPA accuses govt of disrupting poultry supply chain
LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has stated that the government was once again attempting to disturb the supply-demand mechanism of the...
‘Govt to amend SEZ Act to promote industrialisation, attract FDI’
Razak Dawood says amendments will help ensure provision of quality services to investors
CAA officials blame pilot for Karachi plane crash
--Air-traffic controller and approach traffic controller say pilot didn’t give emergency landing message, collided with runway during first attempt
--PALPA protests probe info...
PM-made think tank to focus on three priority areas
--Body mulls 'digital account scheme' for overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: Limiting the scope of work for the Prime Minister-formed Think Tank, the government on...
Pakistan’s food security under threat as locusts devour crops, livelihoods
--Locust attacks likely to cause Rs800bn loss to country's agriculture produce this year
--Farmers seek govt's help as they fear long-term food shortage
LAHORE:...
FDI surges 127pc to $2.28bn in 10 months
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said on Tuesday that the country had witnessed net Foreign...
No defect in engine, landing gear of ill-fated A-320, PIA claims
–Airline says last check of aircraft was conducted in March this year
–Aircraft had flown from Muscat to Lahore a day before the...
BOI chief vows all-out support to SEZ investors
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State and Board of Investment Chairman Atif R Bokhari has said that the government would take special measures to...
Govt likely to allow export of personal protective equipment
ISLAMABAD: Amid sufficient availability of stock, the federal government is likely to allow the export of personal protective equipment (PPE), it was...
Govt announces compensation for PIA plane crash victims
Aviation minister says families of deceased will receive Rs1 million each while two survivors will be given Rs500,000 each
PIA spokesman says blackbox recovered from Karachi plane crash site
--'Flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder had been found late Friday, we are handing it over to the inquiry board'
--Authorities confirm...
IMF says committed to supporting Pakistan amid corona crisis
WASHINGTON: The International Monitory Fund (IMF) stated on Friday the extended fund facility, which was signed with Pakistan before the coronavirus crisis,...