NESPAK wins medical complex project in Lahore

LAHORE: National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) has won consultancy services for establishment of a state-of-the-art medical complex in Lahore through a competition. The...

UN women delegation calls on Anusha, discuss women economic empowerment

ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation of UN Women led by UN Women Pakistan country representative Jamshed Qazi, called on Minister of State for...

Punjab’s 3600 mw RLNG-run power plants fail to produce required electricity

ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s 3600 mw RLNG-run power plants have so far failed to produce the required electricity due to which billions of rupees...

Pakistan’s real economy is performing well: IPR report

LAHORE: Pakistan's real economy is performing well with favorable signs for GDP growth rate, inflation, consumption and private sector economic activities. This...

AGP denies claims about authorisation of Rs80 bn payment to IPPs

  ISLAMABAD: Spokesman of Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) said Monday that AGP never conveyed any order to the Power Division to authorise...

Pakistan signs two MoUs with China for gas pipeline, oil refinery

SANYA: Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and PowerChina Limited's Vice President Li Yanming, on Monday witnessed the signing of a...

CASA-1000 landmark achievement of cooperation between Pak, Tajikistan: Envoy

ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Sherali Jononov has said that CASA-1000 is a landmark achievement of cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan. Addressing a...

Industry in Pakistan focusing on compatibility due to CPEC: LCCI president

LAHORE: Industrialists in Pakistan have started reshaping their units to make them compatible with others after launching of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...

No violations of law in promulgating ordinance to ratify tax amnesty scheme: Rana Afzal

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal on Monday said that no violation of law has been made by promulgating the...

Finance ministry to consider tax proposals related to IT and Telecom sector

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Miftah Ismail has said that the annual budget related proposals for IT and telecommunications...

Highest exports in 4 years up by 24pc, reaching $2.23 bn in March 2018

ISLAMABAD: The highest year-on-year growth in a month was reached in March 2018, when the exports for the month reached $2,230 million,...

Bidding for QASPL privatisation delayed

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government, amid the ongoing NAB investigation and audit objections by AGPR, has delayed the bidding process of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Ltd....

Market Daily: KSE 100 index drops 107.56 pts from previous close

LAHORE: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw bears coming back in action as indices traded range bound. Excitement over the tax reforms seemed...

Top hierarchy of FBR patronising ‘corrupt’ officials from Customs Intelligence  

ISLAMABAD: The issue of good governance is again surfacing in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as the high ups are protecting the...

Exports surge by 13.14pc, trade deficit widens by 17.3pc in first 9 months

KARACHI: The country’s exports have enhanced by 13.14 per cent in first nine-months of the current fiscal year to $17.081 billion, as...