Business

02/03/2015

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry for Climate Change has claimed to be taking an all-out effort to control environmental degradation that...

PPA seeks 50pc rebate on power bills for 1 year, urges banks to reschedule agri loans

LAHORE - The Pakistan Poultry Association has appealed for an immediate relief package to save the farmers, proposing the government...

Target of 15.489m bales on 3.121m hectares in next season: Cotton prices remain firm

KARACHI: With fixed target at 15.489 million bales for next season’s crop on expected area of 3.121m hectares, cotton prices...

Expo Pakistan 2015 attracts $17m orders from Moroccan, KSA, Chinese firms; $10m from B’deshi

KARACHI: A Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) said during Expo Pakistan 2015, a total of four memorandum of understandings...

Rs45,824.87m budget for FY 2014-15: CDA begins work at rain-hit roads

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has begun patchwork and carpeting of various roads and crossings damaged by recent rains...

NAB nabs ex-PDA former director over allotment of 5-kanal land worth millions of rupees

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) nabbed Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) former director general Qazi...

LDA auctions 10 plots worth Rs 53.9 million

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority auctioned 10 plots against a sum of Rs 53.9 million. The five plots were residential....

KASA 1000 project, Ambassador of Tajikistan assures cooperation to overcome energy crisis

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Tajikistan Sher Ali Jononov has stated that his country is planning to help Pakistan in order to...

NAB spreads anti-corruption message thru IESCO

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has proposed to the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) to print the message on...

Over 100,000 applications of domestic consumers for new gas connections pending with SNGPL

RAWALPINDI: Thousands of people are facing complications as over 100,000 applications are pending with the SNGPL only in Rawalpindi region...

PTA verifies more than 72m SIMs against 46m CNICs

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has verified more than 72 million SIMs against 46million CNICs (computerised national identity cards)...

Pak-Kuwait economic cooperation, Kuwait to provide $32m more after $42m for Neelum-Jhelum project

ISLAMABAD: The Pak-Kuwait signed a loan agreement of $32 million for Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. Kuwait has already been co-financing this...

Rs 27b expressway projects under section 17 (4) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 set aside

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) set aside the Elevated Express Way project and a notification issued for land acquisition...

Demand exceeds to 4,500MW, 10 hours load shedding: IPR fact sheet

LAHORE: A fact sheet issued by the Institute of Policy Reforms (IPR) has revealed that the loss of power transmission...

Exports of country to reach $50b within three years, Nawaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing the launch of Expo Pakistan said that the government is committed to make...

10pc duty on 314 items: Revenue collection up by 27pc to Rs181.906b in Feb against Rs143.224b

ISLAMABAD: Thanks to regulatory duties on 10pc regulatory duty imposed on 314 items earlier this month and hike in sales...

ADB okays $30m loan, IFC may provide $20m for regasification of 3mt LNG from Mar