Construction of Faisalabad Expo Centre to commence this year: Dawood

LAHORE: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said on Monday that the construction of a state-of-the-art expo centre in...

PM approves upgradation of Karachi-Quetta-Chaman road

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said the prime minister has approved in-principle the upgradation...

COAS promises support for businessmen of rain-struck Karachi

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has assured help for the entrepreneurs in Karachi, as trade and commerce...

‘Govt committed to timely completion of WB-funded projects’

ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, while appreciating the contribution of World Bank in the socio-economic development of Pakistan, has said the...

Karachi looks towards infrastructure projects to boost economic growth

KARACHI: With security threats on the wane, Pakistan is turning its attention to accelerating economic growth by unsnarling traffic in its big...

Senate body decries delay in completion of Balochistan projects

--Senator Kauda Babar Baloch says there is only one rule in Balochistan, ‘either FWO will get the contract, or there will be...

Zulfi Bukhari inaugurates farm housing scheme for overseas Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari inaugurated the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation’s Flagship Farm Housing...

Govt imposes RD on brass/copper scrap exports

APWCA welcomes the move terming it as an industry-friendly decision

China agrees to finance 14 social sector projects in GB

ISLAMABAD: The visiting Chinese experts, who held detailed meetings with the representatives of federal and provincial governments, including Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit...

Turkish Shylock twists Pak’s arm for $846m pound of flesh

Turkish Karkey demands immediate payment of $846 million arbitration award handed down by the ICSID in August 2017 to Pakistan.

PM to perform groundbreaking of new Gwadar airport this week

Prime Minister Imran Khan will perform the groundbreaking of the new airport in Gwadar this week, a Chinese Embassy official stated on...

Progress on Diamer-Basha, Mohmand dams reviewed

'Procurement of consultancy services for Mohmand Dam is expected to be completed next month' ISLAMABAD: The Implementation Committee on Diamer-Basha and Mohmand...

Swat motorway to be inaugurated next month

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Communication and Works Minister Akbar Ayub Khan said Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate Swat motorway on 25th...

WAPDA formally awards Mohmand Dam contract to Descon, CGGC

Upon completion, the project will store about 1.2m acre-feet of water, generate 800MW of low-cost hydel electricity and help mitigating floods...

CPEC-funded Multan-Sukkur Motorway to be operational by August

Sukkur-Multan motorway has a design speed of 120km per hour, and it is a two-way six-lane road with a contractual value...