The Met Office on Wednesday forecasts light to moderate rain and snowfall at the weekend. It said that another westerly wave was likely to produce more rain and snowfall during the middle of next week in the country. It said that isolated rain with snowfa

Model Customs Collectorate, Preventive on Thursday claimed to have seized 3400 kilograms of contraband hashish worth Rs 340 million from a truck near Moachko check post, Karachi. Talking to media at a press conference held at East Wharf, collector Tariq H

The country's total liquid foreign exchange reserves continued to move downward, falling by $226 million during last week. According to State Bank of Pakistan's weekly report issued Thursday, Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves stood at $20.276 billion a

Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), visited NAB KP Regional Bureau on Thursday to review its performance on the basis of annual inspection conducted by Chairman's Inspection and Monitoring Team at NAB Regional Bureau, Pesh

Pakistan Customs has shifted the clearance of Afghanistan and Central Asia bound perishable items from Customs Station Torkham to recently operationalised Khyber Border Terminal (KBT), Jamrud, Khyber Agency. This was stated by Deputy Collector Customs Sta

Trade bodies should actively participate in budget formulation right now to save themselves from the budget related hazards, said Chaudhary Muhammad Nawaz, President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce Industry (FCCI). He was addressing a meeting of Chairmen &

The All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) has urged the government to transfer the whole benefit of reduction of crude oil prices in the international market to the industry, as the light crude has dropped by 52.77 per cent to $26 per barrel from $55 in Janu

Punjab Planning and Development Board has approved bulk water supply to hill station Murree from River Jhelum at the cost of Rs 8.449 billion, here on Thursday to solve water shortage crisis of the country's most attractive tourist spot. The bulk water su

A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday suspended decision against functioning of Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) after it was informed that Punjab Assembly had approved it. The bench adjourned the further hearing to February 11 in an i

Economy planners' cavalier attitude towards the rapidly declining export market has irked the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Latest despatches statistics of cement covering the first seven months of this fiscal year showed that the

Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has released 60,000 cusecs of water from Mangla Dam for irrigation and hydel power generation on Thursday after month long closure of the irrigation canals across the country. Punjab irrigation engineers told Busines