EOBI disburses over Rs 16.7 billion among 378,615 beneficiaries

SIALKOT: More than 4,500,000 acres of land will be brought under cultivation of paddy crop in various rice growing areas...

Govt increases non-tax revenue target by 5% to Rs959.5b

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has increased non-tax revenue target by five per cent to Rs959.5 billion for the next fiscal...

Budget 2016-17: Sindh hikes allocations for agri sector by 29% to Rs5.8b

KARACHI: The Sindh government has increased the amount for the growth of agricultural sector by 28.9 per cent to Rs5.8...

Sindh increases development budget by 39% to Rs225b for FY 2016-17

KARACHI: The Sindh government has increased development budget by 39 per cent to Rs225 billion for fiscal year 2016-17. Highest...

Sindh Budget FY 2016-17: Infrastructure development levy increased by 10%

KARACHI: The Sindh government, in its budget for fiscal year 2016-17, has announced a 10 percent increase in the infrastructure...

Punjab govt to announce Rs100b farmers’ package in budget

LAHORE: The Punjab government is set to announce Rs100 bullion package for the growers under a two-year programme in the...

KP govt allocates Rs 250m for Dotara Dam

RAWALPINDI: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated over Rs250 million for the construction of Dotarra Dam in Jabri area of...

Dar says govt committed to achieve economic growth

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, while talking to a delegation of Royal Friesland Company of Netherlands, has said that...

ADB okays $100m loan for construction of M-4 motorway

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced to give Pakistan $100 million loan for the construction of the Gojra-Shorkot...

Rs10b earmarked for Karachi’s infrastructure in Sindh budget

KARACHI: The Sindh government has allocated Rs10 billion in the provincial budget for infrastructure projects of Karachi including the construction...

Sindh govt sets Rs 154b tax collection target for FY 2016-17

KARACHI: The Sindh government has set the target for provincial tax collection at Rs154 billion for 2016-17, up 24 percent...

Sindh unveils Rs869b budget for FY 2016-17

KARACHI: The Sindh government has presented a Rs869.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year (2016-17), with a deficit of...

ICCI hails grant of SEZ status to Hattar Industrial Estate

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has welcomed the decision of the federal Board of Investment for...

Grave concerns expressed over discretionary powers, enhancement of taxes

KARACHI: Businessmen Group (BMG) Chairman and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) former president Siraj Kassam Teli, while expressing...

LCCI for surmounting trade imbalance for economic growth

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the government to overcome trade imbalance which has become...

2016 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid Test Drive

TOKYO: As a car shopper, it’s also hard for things to go horribly, or even slightly wrong. Competition has improved...

The Toronto Stock Exchange brutal day

TORONTO: The Toronto Stock Exchange saw a triple-digit loss on its last trading day of the week in a broad...

Customs seizes marijuana destined for Suriname

KINGSTON: The Jamaica Customs Agency’s Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) says it has seized more than 600 pounds of marijuana with...

PC shipments to slip 7.3% in 2016