Cabinet to consider summary regarding NIRC chairman’s third consecutive reappointment
ISLAMABAD: The contract of National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC) Chairman Justice (r) Mian Shakirullah Jan may be extended for another two years...
KP flour mills fear crisis as wheat stocks drop to 150,000 tonnes
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Flour Mills Association’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chapter on Sunday said that the stocks of wheat at KP government warehouses has...
India attracts $40bn FDI from US amid tensions with China
NEW YORK: India has attracted over $40 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the US, after the latest funding spree from...
US GDP to contract by 6.6pc in 2020: IMF
WASHINGTON: The US output is expected to contract by an annualised rate of 37 per cent in the second quarter and by...
Bidding process for CPEC western route underway, says Asim Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday said that the bidding process for a...
Kuwait scrambles to boost coffers with up to $16 billion debt plan
KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to issue between 4 billion and 5 billion dinars ($13 billion to $16 billion) in public debt by the...
Germany’s Merkel warns of summit failure on EU recovery fund
BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) leaders toiled in search of a coronavirus stimulus deal for a third day on Sunday but German Chancellor...
Four SAPMs are dual nationals, three hold foreign residency
LAHORE: Four out of 15 special assistants to the prime minister (SAPMs) are dual nationality holders while three have foreign residency.
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Work on 672 small hydel power projects in progress, says KP CM
MANSEHRA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that work on 672 small hydel power projects having capacity 55MW is in progress.
Inaugurating...
Coronavirus costing PIA Rs15m per hour: report
The coronavirus outbreak has put Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) into financial trouble, causing a loss in revenue by Rs11 billion per month...
At G20, Germany pledges 3 billion euros for poor countries
BERLIN: Germany pledged 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) at a meeting of G20 finance ministers to help the world’s poorest countries, the...
Traders warn of anti-govt drive if demands are not met by month-end
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran on Saturday gave the government a deadline till July 31 to meet their demands after the traders took...
Imran vows to rid country of red tape that ‘chokes development’
–PM says Pakistan will see a removal of such obstacles in construction and housing sectors
–CM Buzdar says Quaid-e-Azam business park will generate...
Foreign direct investment surges 88pc to $2.56bn in FY20
China remains top investor with an FDI of $844m, followed by Norway with $402m
Govt urged to declare Ghulam Khan, Kharlachi trade routes rebatable
Due to congestion at Chaman and Torkham borders, Afghan traders are being forced to import their goods through Iranian ports