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Archive - 2018-04-11
War drums beat stocks down
Financial

War drums beat stocks down

LONDON: Stock markets retreated on Wednesday as US Donald Trump vowed to strike Syria over its alleged use of chemical w
Published 11 Apr, 2018 02:17pm
Sterling pauses on soft data
Financial

Sterling pauses on soft data

LONDON: Sterling trimmed gains on Wednesday after British manufacturing output fell unexpectedly in February, its first
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:50pm
Tokyo stocks flat at the open
Financial

Tokyo stocks flat at the open

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened flat Wednesday, taking a breather after rises the previous day as a conciliatory speech by Ch
Published 11 Apr, 2018 08:36am
The other side of amnesty
Miscellaneous

The other side of amnesty

A country like Pakistan has weak institutional mechanisms to unearth its citizens’ undeclared assets and funds at home a
Published 11 Apr, 2018 06:19am
On digital Pakistan
Telecommunication

On digital Pakistan

The mantra of “Digital Pakistan” is in fashion these days. In its latest quarterly report, the State Bank of Pakistan ha
Published 11 Apr, 2018 06:16am
Cement holding strong
Industry

Cement holding strong

The cement sector has officially entered the under capacity phase where capacity utilization in the month of March cross
Published 11 Apr, 2018 06:14am
Health centre: LHC reserves verdict

Health centre: LHC reserves verdict

The Lahore High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a petition challenging the closure of provincial Health development centre in Lahore along with its 31 sub institutes working in government hospitals for training of doctors and nurses. Young Doctor
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Major crops: country may miss production target
Cotton

Major crops: country may miss production target

The country is feared to miss the production target set for the current year of major crops including wheat, gram and lentil by 4 percent, 45.7 percent and 34.7 percent respectively which would negatively affect GDP growth for the outgoing financial year
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
'No additional tax will be imposed on telecom sector'

'No additional tax will be imposed on telecom sector'

No additional tax will be imposed on telecom sector as the Government of Pakistan wants growth of this sector, said Haroon Akhtar Khan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue in a meeting with CEOs and other high level representatives of telecom c
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Cigarette industry may benefit from revised fed: Haroon

Cigarette industry may benefit from revised fed: Haroon

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue Haroon Akhtar Khan has said the entire cigarette industry can fully utilize the benefits of third tier (revised federal excise duty structure) on cigarettes without any discrimination as both the multinationa
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
China to facilitate Pakistani students

China to facilitate Pakistani students

Zhao Lijian, Deputy Chief of Mission at embassy of the Peoples' Republic of China, Islamabad said Pakistani students would be provided all required facilities to acquire contemporary education in different fields in Chinese universities. Zhao was addressi
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Workshop on 'Revamping of Forest Department' held

Workshop on 'Revamping of Forest Department' held

Punjab Minister for Forestry and Wildlife & Fisheries Yawar Zaman has stressed the need for running a robust programme to address the environmental problems and ensure progress of forestry, wildlife and fisheries sector. He was speaking at a one-day works
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Condolence resolution pays tribute to late Ayaz Soomro

Condolence resolution pays tribute to late Ayaz Soomro

National Assembly Tuesday passed a condolence resolution to pay tribute to Muhammad Ayaz Soomro who passed away after protracted illness during the last week of March this year. MNA Shazia Marri moved the resolution in the House while all other members su
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Absence of NAB chief from briefing draws PAC's ire

Absence of NAB chief from briefing draws PAC's ire

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday expressed serious anger over the absence of chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from the meeting who had been summoned to brief about Bureau's performance and details of cases pending for decades.
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
PAJCCI chief for a call on meeting with PM

PAJCCI chief for a call on meeting with PM

Chairman Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PAJCCI), Zubair Motiwala has requested for a call on meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for deliberating upon important issues that require policy advocacy and for incorpora
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Rice export up by 29 percent in nine months
Exchange

Rice export up by 29 percent in nine months

Rice exports from Pakistan have seen posted notable growth of 29 percent during the first nine months of this fiscal year (FY18). Pakistan has exported total 2.95 million metric tons rice during July-March of FY18 compared to 2.53 million metric tons in s
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Sharjeel admitted to JPMC

Sharjeel admitted to JPMC

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has been admitted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre following complaints of a back pain. Sharjeel Memon was shifted to JPMC's special ward on the directives of an a
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
K-Electric sets up court to recover outstanding bills

K-Electric sets up court to recover outstanding bills

K-Electric appears in 'no-compromise' mood to squeeze the neck further of its already power-hit consumers as country's biggest vertically integrated utility has set up a court for special magistrate in its premises to recover outstanding bills under what
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
JIT fails to find motive behind Intezar's murder

JIT fails to find motive behind Intezar's murder

The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe the murder of Malaysia-returned student Intezar Ahmad failed to find a motive behind the killing and termed it "cold-blooded, rash and negligent" act by plainclothes police officials.
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
Partly Facetious: 'Southern Punjab' province?

Partly Facetious: 'Southern Punjab' province?

"So those who left the PML-N for reasons to do with creating a Southern Punjab province were viciously attacked by the nawalas..." "Ironically the nawalas attacked the defectors for taking the nawala (bite of food) offered by another."
Published 11 Apr, 2018 12:00am
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