Textile exports surge 7.66pc to $5.510bn in five months
ISLAMABAD: The textile exports from the country increased by 7.66 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year...
BP’s new procedure for PM Package not executable: PRGMEA
LAHORE: Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Senior Vice Chairman Sheikh Luqman Amin has alleged that the ministries as well...
Pak-Russia big energy deal likely very soon
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia are close to formally signing bilateral agreements within days for the supply of gas and construction of two...
PM to inaugurate PAPCO’s White Oil Pipeline Mogas project
ISLAMABAD: Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will be the chief guest at the groundbreaking ceremony of White Oil Pipeline...
National Action Plan for Sustainable Energy for All draft to be finalised
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform organised a two-day meeting of the Review Committee to finalise draft on National Action Plan...
Private sector investment to change fate of Tharis billion-dollar projects
KARACHI: Private sector investment, particularly the development of billion-dollar coal projects in Tharparkar will certainly change the fate of its residents.
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Jahangir Siddiqui “pre-qualified” to acquire 100pc stake in Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power
LAHORE: A bourse filing Wednesday by Jahangir Siddiqui and Co (Ltd) disclosed it has been pre-qualified by the Punjab Privatization Board (PPB)...
EU banks will be allowed to operate normally in UK, post Brexit: BBC
LONDON: The Bank of England will allow European banks to continue selling their services in the United Kingdom without having to create...
WB approves $825mn loan to support power transmission, health, education
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) on Monday approved an $825 million funding for Pakistan to bolster its electricity transmission and distribution network,...
CCI meeting convened to address energy grievances of provinces
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi convened an extraordinary meeting of Council for Common Interests (CCI) for addressing provinces concerns over ‘non-implementation’...
Ten Rs25 billion SEZ projects face delays, threatens investment
ISLAMABAD: Over ten projects of Rs25 billion in various sectors like automobile, auto parts, steel and pharma have been marred by delays...
Oil refineries “frozen”, as government’s ill-planning causes headaches
KARACHI: Unabating operational crisis being faced by oil refineries across the country sees no end, as governments inefficiency, ill-planning and recent poor...
North-South pipeline set to receive financial backing from China’s Silk Road Fund
ISLAMABAD: Russia beset by sanctions, struggles to implement $2 billion North-South gas pipeline in Pakistan, a benefactor in shape of Shanghai-based Silk...
Oil prices touch $64 a barrel, as North Sea pipeline issues continue
NEW YORK: Oil edged up toward $64 a barrel on Tuesday, helped by a North Sea pipeline outage, OPEC-led supply cuts and...
Jalal Sikandar made Secretary Petroleum Division
ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Jalal Sikandar Sultan, a BS 22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Secretary...