APTMA KP-Zone welcomes PM’s hint for amnesty scheme

PESHAWAR: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Zone Chairman Mohammad Kuli Khan Khattak has welcomed the hint by Prime Minister Shahid...

Government committed to protect rights of traders: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday said that the present government is committed to protecting rights of traders as the...

Govt to fully support early, sustainable LNG investments: Haroon Akhtar

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue Haroon Akhtar has said the government is committed to supporting early and sustainable investments...

NEPRA fines three GENCOs for violating limits of auxiliary power consumption

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has imposed a fine of Rs 15 million each on three public sector power generation companies...

Tractor production increases 64.05pc in five months

ISLAMABAD: Tractor production in the country during the five months from July to November of the current financial year witnessed an increase of...

Turkmenistan starts work on TAPI gas pipeline project

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal Khan informed the National Assembly (NA) on Friday, that Turkmenistan has started work for the...

Dawood Hercules to make capital injection of Rs17.453 billion in Edotco Pakistan

LAHORE: A bourse notification filed Friday by Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited revealed the company is planning an equity injection of Rs17.453 billion...

Surplus power could cause electricity tariff to escalate over time

KARACHI: Even as Pakistan prepares to have surplus power in the coming few years, the prices of electricity will also rise correspondingly,...

Research development fund to be setup for enhancing cotton production

ISLAMABAD: To enhance cotton production for next season, the government is contemplating to announce a Rs10 billion research development fund in this...

Private sector invited to utilize public building rooftops for solar energy

LAHORE: The private sector has been extended invitation by the Punjab government to make investments in the utilization of public building’s rooftops...

Govt chides power division for misrepresentation of electricity generation data

ISLAMABAD: The government communicated its grave anger over misrepresentation of figures by the power division regarding electricity generation. The Power Division gave a...

Govt gives nod to GIDC recovery from CNG sector

ISLAMABAD: The cabinet has given go-ahead for recovery of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) from the Compress Natural Gas (CNG) sector. This was...

Oil prices dip, as US production rises

SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell on Friday on a bounce-back in U.S. production, but ongoing declines in crude inventories curbed losses in the...

Retired DMG officer Shahid Mehmood appointed Asian Development Bank ED

ISLAMABAD: Government on Thursday appointed Shahid Mehmood, a close aide of the defunct finance minister Ishaq Dar, as Executive Director (ED) Asian Development...

SBP’s reserves go down by $383m in last 15 days

KARACHI: The total reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) declined by $383 million in the last 15 days as the country’s...