LHC moved for making airbags mandatory in vehicles
LAHORE: A writ petition seeking amendments in Automotive Development Policy (ADP) 2016-2021 for making airbags mandatory in each and every vehicle has...
Heavy outstanding dues likely to choke up power sector, FPCCI warns
ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has warned that the power sector is likely to choke up...
COD Rules: How to reduce rejection at the doorstep
A series of rules can help e-commerce companies ensure that they reduce their losses
Weekly inflation drops slightly
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended November 12 witnessed a nominal decrease of 0.07 per...
Punjab govt likely to appoint Dr Erfa Iqbal as PBIT CEO
LAHORE: The Punjab government is mulling over the appointment of Dr Erfa Iqbal, a grade 20 officer from the federal Inland Revenue...
The government needs to stop embarrassing itself
The tragedy of the government of Pakistan is that they seem entirely unaware of just how embarrassingly asinine their ideas tend to...
ByteDance gets 15-day extension on US order to divest TikTok
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration granted ByteDance a 15-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell its...
High food prices hurting India’s poor
NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation may stay elevated for at least three more months after hitting a six-year high in October, as...
Traders threaten to defy smart lockdowns as virus cases, deaths surge
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani traders on Friday vowed to defy the government’s targeted coronavirus lockdowns as the country recorded more than daily 2,300 infections...
FBR to probe service providers involved in lavish ‘Rs2bn wedding ceremony’
ISLAMABAD: The tax department has been asked to probe service providers involved in the lavish arrangement of the social media dubbed "Rs2...
PM announces 4G internet services, Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme for Balochistan
TURBAT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced to introduce 4G internet services and Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS) in Balochistan for the...
G20 strikes historic debt pact to help poorer states hit by Covid
PARIS/TOKYO/WASHINGTON: G20 countries have agreed for the first time on a common framework for restructuring government debt, in anticipation of the coronavirus...
Bahawalpur farmers demand action against ‘middlemen’ hampering sugar trade
A large number of sugarcane farmers from different areas of Bahawalpur district have claimed that the district administration is not taking action...
Dollar falls to eight-month low against rupee
KARACHI: Pakistani Rupee continued with its winning streak against the US Dollar, gaining 17 paisas in the interbank market on Friday.
According to...
SSGC, SNGPL oppose OGRA’s decision to cut consumer tariff
ISLAMABAD: Gas distributors on Friday opposed the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s (OGRA) decision to slash liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices for consumers.
According...