Punjab govt to conduct physical verification of flour, sugar stocks

Millers warned of stern action in case of non-cooperation

Imran calls for combined strategy to help labourers during pandemic

PM addresses ILO Global Summit, says many countries, including Pakistan, depend upon remittances sent by overseas workers

Cabinet approves formation of reforms committee for sugar sector

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, following the advice of the Ministry of Industries and Production, on Tuesday approved formation of a Sugar Reforms...

Govt set to introduce Public-Private Partnership Ordinance 2020

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to introduce the Public-Private Partnership Ordinance 2020 in a bid to ensure competition and transparency in the...

SBP extends period to defer loan principal amount till September 30

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in a statement released on Tuesday announced that it has extended the deferment of principal...

Luxury brand Hugo Boss places first order of sportswear with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Germany's luxury fashion brand Hugo Boss has placed its first order of sportswear to a Pakistani company, Prime Minister Imran Khan's...

FBR extends deadline for stock position filing for sales tax refunds to July 31

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday allowed taxpayers to submit details of their stock position for the period from...

Govt to set up markets along Afghanistan, Iran borders

PESHAWAR: The federal government has decided to set up border markets at Iran and Afghanistan borders to boost bilateral trade and provide...

EOBI pensioners to get Rs2.4bn in arrears by next month

ISLAMABAD: The Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) Chairman Azhar Hameed on Monday said that EOBI would pay three-month of arrears amounting to...

Cabinet approves appointment of Rahat Kaunain as CCP chairperson

Rahat Kaunain previously served as CCP chairperson from 2010 till 2013, a time when Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was the finance minister 

PSDP 2019-20: Govt’s development expenditure remains Rs56bn short of allocations

ISLAMABAD: The federal government authorised the release of Rs644.7 billion for various ongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its Public...

Govt okays two more projects under public-private partnership 

After Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway, govt decides to construct Karachi-Quetta Road and Mianwali-Muzaffargarh Road on PPP mode

PSX, MUFAP appreciate ‘long overdue’ capital market reforms, urge govt to do more

KARACHI: In a joint statement released on Monday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP) appreciated...

First batch of locally-produced ventilators handed over to NDMA

The first batch of domestically-produced ventilators was handed over to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) primarily to treat the critically-ill coronavirus...

 Unbudgeted subsidy of Rs969m extended to RLNG fertiliser plants

Agritech and Fatima Fertilizer will receive RLNG at a subsidised rate of Rs756 per mmbtu for three months to produce around 200,000 tonnes of urea