AGP recovers Rs5.66bn in July, August
The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has recovered Rs5.66 billion during the first two months of the current fiscal year ending June...
ECC likely to remove duties on selected textile sector items
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet is likely to give approval of removing additional customs and regulations duties on selected...
PM’s poultry project in full swing
ISLAMABAD: Following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of helping people generate subsistence at grass-root level through the backyard poultry program, the Islamabad...
SECP serves notices to eight officials for data leak
KARACHI: The Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has served show-cause notices to eight officials involved in a data leakage.
Sources said that...
Petrol pump owners lament heavy fines, forced closures
PESHAWAR: Petrol pump owners and dealers have resented the imposition of heavy fines, sealing of petrol pumps, and torture of staffs due...
Lack of finance halts ADP projects of KP govt
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) industry department, through the Annual Development Program (ADP), allocated Rs1.65 billion for five major projects in the current...
Pakistan to challenge Indian’s claim to basmati GI tag
ISLAMABAD: Taking serious notice of the Indian move of demanding exclusive rights of claiming Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Basmati rice in...
Russia eager to invest $1.7bn in Karachi-Lahore gas pipeline
ISLAMABAD: Russian Ambassador Danila V. Ganich on Tuesday said that Russia is eager to invest $1.7 billion in the Karachi-Lahore gas pipeline.
“While...
Machinery imports experience 6.21pc YoY decline in July, August
ISLAMABAD: Imports related to machinery of various industries reduced by 6.21 per cent during July and August, first two months of current...
Indian economy to tail Pakistan, other South Asian economies due to Covid-19
India’s failure to contain the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak is going to have a huge impact on the economy of the...
ET&NC decides to crackdown on token tax defaulters
LAHORE: The Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control (ET&NC) Department has decided to crackdown against the defaulters of vehicle token taxes, warning of...
UK report claims Pakistan’s Covid-19 medicine enough for national demand
Pakistan, along with India, is the only one among developing countries to have effectively stored enough of Remdesivir to meet their national...
IMF urges Pakistan to further cap limits on short-term borrowings
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking to further the constraints on short-term borrowings for filling the budgetary gap arising from the...
KP govt approves appointment of KPITB MD
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Tuesday approved the appointment of a new managing director for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology...
Smuggled vehicles worth Rs45m seized in Gwadar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs Gwadar in operation against non-duty vehicles in Gwadar has seized 22 smuggled vehicles including cars and SUVs valuing at Rs45 million.
"The Draft Rules...