Wind power projects take priority over coal in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan is beginning to reap the benefits of Chinese investment in renewable energy infrastructure, with the opening of the first wind...
PML-N lawmakers assure completion of 3600MW power projects
Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) lawmakers assured on Tuesday completion of 3,600 megawatt power projects in Jhang, Sheikhupura and Balloki within the...
Agri dept eyes to control fruit flies in 30 districts
MULTAN
Agriculture (Extension) Director General, Zafar Yab Haider Tuesday said that the agriculture department had launched a special project to control fruit flies...
LCCI for effective policy making to revive PSM
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) while showing concern over the deteriorating state of the affairs of Pakistan Steel Mills...
Is Qmobile’s iron grip beginning to slip away?
When it comes to hardware technology, one hardly finds a local brand as big as Qmobile. Regardless of which side of the...
Sialkot chamber urges govt to set up support industry
SIALKOT: Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Majid Raza Bhutta has urged the government to take steps for setting up...
Crop-based collateral lending unveiled in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD
In a major development, Pakistan’s leading bank, Hank Bank Limited (HBL) has disbursed first-ever loans based on crop (wheat) as collateral to...
Hakla-D.I. Khan Expressway to be completed next year
Islamabad: The construction work on 285 kilometer long Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Expressway is in full swing and the project would be completed...
Multi-year tariff structure would be financially constraining says: K-Electric
Karachi: On the second day of the scheduled hearing by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) into K-Electric’s (KE) review motion, the...
Borrowing from private sector surges by 126pc: SBP report
Karachi: A recently released report from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revealed that borrowing from the private sector has surged by...
Petroleum ministry contemplating floating tenders for building of oil pipeline
Islamabad: The tragic oil tanker incident which took place in Ahmedpur East last month has made the petroleum ministry to consider revamping...
Telecom operators invested $287.6m in first six months of FY 2016-17
Islamabad: Telecom operators in the country, witnessing a positive growth in the sector, have invested a significant amount of US $287.6 million...
WB declares progress of $170m Sindh agricultural growth programme unsatisfactory
LAHORE
The World Bank (WB) has downgraded implementation progress (IP) rating of the $ 170 million Sindh agricultural growth programme as unsatisfactory following...
Pakistan to have surplus capacity of electricity by 2020
Karachi: According to official data available from K-Electric (KEL) and National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), Pakistan will have excess supply of...
Relocation of Chinese industry to Pakistan will create new employment opportunities says: Ahsan Iqbal
Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said the relocation of Chinese industry in Pakistan would help create a...