Sh Rasheed says inflation-hit people will respond to govt performance on polling day
RAWALPINDI: APM Chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said people hit by inflation and poverty would expose government's 15-month performance on polling day in case elections were held in transparent manner. In tweet, Awami Muslim League Chief said govern...
Nepra notifies Rs1.90 per unit increase in power tariff for May
ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) notified an increase of Rs 1.90 per unit in electricity prices on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for month of May 2023. Central Power Purchasing Authority (CPPA) had soug...
Assessing options amid end of concession agreement with KPT: PICT
Karachi: Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) engaged in providing container terminal management services said it is carefully assessing options amid expiry of concession agreement with Karachi Port Trust (KPT). Agreement ended on June 17...
Dealers threaten countrywide closure of petrol pumps from July 22
KARACHI: Petroleum Dealers Association (PDA) announced shutting down of petrol pumps across country from coming July 22. PDA Chairman Abdul Sami Khan said that Iranian petrol was being smuggled into country due to which profit rate of dealers had dec...
Super Tax: IHC says Section 4C 'as it stands now' ultra-vires Constitution
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) approved petitions filed by various companies and organisations and declared section 4C (Super Tax on High Earning Persons) of Income Tax Ordinance 2001, "As it stands now", ultra-vires Constitution. Verdict whic...
Pakistan, Azerbaijan to boost cooperation in IT, telecom sector
ISLAMABAD: Delegation of Azerbaijan led by Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev called on Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque here. Federal Minister for IT welcomed delegation on arrival in Ministry...
China rolls over another $600mn loan to Pakistan: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed that Exim (Export-Import) Bank China had rolled over another $ 600 million loan to Pakistan helping further increase country's foreign exchange reserves. "Our forex reserves are going up but I wish th...
Pakistan's economy in safe zone: Finance Minister
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Pakistan's economy is in safe zone as annual current account deficit decreased to 2.56 billion dollars in last fiscal year. In video message, he pointed out that current account deficit was 17.4 billion doll...
CPEC gives economic dimension to China-Pakistan relationship: Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said China Pakistan Economic Corridor has given economic dimension to China-Pakistan relationship. Addressing seminar here, he said that corridor project shifted Pakistan's focus from geo p...
INFLATION WOES: Sh Rasheed sees people don't have money to bury their dead
RAWALPINDI: Chief Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that Pakistan Peoples' Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari cannot become Prime Minister of any country. In sarcastic remark on social media website twitter, former Minister wrote...
