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LAHORE: Pakistan has bumper potato crop this year and around 1 million tons of potatoes can be exported, while 32,000...

Karachi University establishes halal testing laboratory

KARACHI: University of Karachi’s (UoK) International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) has established a special laboratory to test...

13.38m population, 38% youth: Certificates distributed among participants of “I Am Karachi Youth Festival”

KARACHI: The Commissioner of Karachi metropolis, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, has said that “I Am Karachi Youth Festival” has highlighted the...

50% cut in textile export to $500m: Govt for waiving off 42.2% duty on apparel imports from Turkey

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Textiles, on the request of the textile industry representatives, has taken up the issue of waving...

Int’l Women’s Day: Journalists body issues report on gender, media

KARACHI: The International Federation of Journalists has issued its report entitled “Asia-Pacific media through a gender lens”, which focuses on...

500MW power generation unit: Karachiites laud Malik Riaz’s initiative

KARACHI: The people of Pakistan’s biggest city have lauded the initiative of Bahria Town former chairman Malik Riaz, who has...

Pak export to Turkey drops by 50pc to $500m from $1b: PRGMEA for removal of levy on garments

LAHORE: The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has demanded that the government should ask the Turkish authorities...

Pakistan to receive 325mmcfd LNG on April 1, 400mmcfd by end-2015, Dar told

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would receive 325mmcfd of LNG on April 1, 2015 while the quantity will gradually reach 400 mmcfd by...

CDA to build 2 underpasses, 1 interchange costing Rs800m, Rs950m

08/03/2015

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will launch three mega projects including underpasses at a cost of Rs 800 million...

4th largest mango exporter: 6th D-8 meeting of agri ministers to be held in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has given the consent to D-8 Secretary General Syed Ali...

Economic growth to fall short of 5.1pc target; Industrial lower than 4pc; trade deficit widens by 36pc

LAHORE: A IPR report predicted that the national economy would fall well short of its target growth rate of 5.1...

92 facilities worldwide: Tetra Pak receives FSC Chain of Custody certification

LAHORE: Tetra Pak have received FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for all of its converting plants and market companies....

Women Day on 8th: Nestlé, Aurat Foundation to mark day with successful women

LAHORE: To mark the Women Day, Nestlé Pakistan, in collaboration with Aurat Foundation are providing inspiring, successful Pakistani women a...

Provision of amenities at 5 areas: CDA fails to justify millions of rupees expenditure

ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) is faced difficulties to justify its annual expenditures running into millions of rupees as...

70% of population at risk: 50m suffering from iodine deficiency, says GAIN

LAHORE: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in collaboration with other development partners, is playing an important role to adopt...

Rs2.9b salaries paid: Pakistan Steel Mills suffers Rs25.53m losses in FY 2013-14

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi has informed Senate that Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) had witnessed...

Tarbela Dam at 1438.93ft, Mangla at 1095.40ft: 139,312 cusecs water released

ISLAMABAD: About 139,312 cusecs water has been released from different stations with inflow of 110,734 cusecs, says the Indus River...

$5681.68m loan agreements singed: 19 out of 32 entities okayed for privatisation are profit making