Federal govt to help AJK complete road network: PM MUZAFFARABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday said the federal government would extend ... Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am
Business & Finance Govt slashes petrol price by Rs14, HSD’s by Rs13.50 ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Friday announced reduction in ex-depot prices of major petroleum products,... Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am
Pakistan New buildings: Conservation of rainwater may be made mandatory ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to make conservation of rainwater mandatory for new commercial and residential... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
Print Industry and investors: Dispute resolution tribunal to be set up ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to establish a specialised tribunal to resolve disputes expeditiously between... Updated 13 Dec, 2023 09:22am
Pakistan ‘Absence’of a level playing field: PTI assails ECP, caretakers for double standards ISLAMABAD: The core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday lambasted Election Commission of Pakistan... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Print Gas price strategy: PM-industrialists meeting remains inconclusive ISLAMABAD: The meeting between the caretaker government and industrialists remained inconclusive in devising a... Updated 12 Dec, 2023 09:53am
Editorials Modest upturn in the economy EDITORIAL: The stock market benchmark, yet again, crossed another psychological barrier, this time of 66,000 points,... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Business & Finance PPMA urges govt to allow hike in prices of 262 medicines KARACHI: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has called upon the interim federal... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Print ‘Country is not getting new inflows from abroad’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been estimated at 2.17 percent for the first quarter of the... Updated 11 Dec, 2023 09:09am
Pakistan Body to probe smuggling of Afghan transit trade goods ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government is said to have constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the smuggling of... Updated 08 Dec, 2023 09:00am
Business & Finance New FAB ED: govt initiates appointment process ISLAMABAD: The government has initiated the process for appointing new Executive Director Frequency Allocation Board... Updated 07 Dec, 2023 09:17am
Opinion From forced migration to forced repatriation The caretaker government on 26 September 2023 issued the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’. According to the... Updated 05 Dec, 2023 04:13am
Pakistan Expulsion of illegal Afghans: Three top US officials set to visit country ISLAMABAD: Weeks after Pakistan sent a large number of illegal Afghan immigrants back to their crisis-wracked... Updated 04 Dec, 2023 08:51am
Print Investment modalities: Consensus reached with KSA ISLAMABAD: Islamabad and Riyadh on Sunday reached a consensus on investment modalities, paving the way for... Updated 04 Dec, 2023 11:44am
Print Once in every 5 years: Govt would be required to design ‘SOEs policy’ ISLAMABAD: The federal government would be required, at least once in every five years, to prepare and prescribe a... Updated 01 Dec, 2023 12:41pm
Pakistan There’s no wheat shortage, Senate told ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has claimed that 7.2 million metric tonnes of wheat stocks are currently... Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am
Print Caretaker PM’s visit to UAE against electoral laws? ISLAMABAD: What appears to be a violation of the election laws, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar,... Updated 27 Nov, 2023 09:52am
Pakistan ECP asks for giving level playing field to political parties ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed the caretaker governments at the centre and in the... Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am
Print Tax incentives for aviation sector on the cards ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government is likely to announce new tax incentives/ concessions for the aviation sector to... Updated 21 Nov, 2023 09:11am
Editorials Drap drugged, again! EDITORIAL: Now that pharmacies have been caught charging up to five times more than the maximum retail price (MRP)... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:01am
Print Agri dues: MoF may deduct Rs45.6bn from Balochistan’s NFC share ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry is likely to deduct Rs 45.6 billion from Balochistan’s NFC (National Finance Commission)... Updated 18 Nov, 2023 09:05am
Print Appropriate levels of authority: Secretaries’ body seeks guidelines from ministry ISLAMABAD: The Secretaries Committee has asked the Ministry of Law and Justice to provide guidelines and proforma to... Updated 17 Nov, 2023 08:59am
Business & Finance Challenge of smuggling from Iran, Afghanistan: Govt urged to allow steel import only by sea ISLAMABAD: The documented steel sector on Thursday proposed the caretaker government to allow import of steel only... Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am
Pakistan Caretaker PM Kakar directs all stakeholders to pursue SIFC initiatives Chief of Army Staff reassures undaunted resolve of Pakistan Army to backstop government initiatives Updated 16 Nov, 2023 11:02pm
Pakistan Kundi highlights PPP’s approach to plight of Palestinians, Kashmiris ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi said that the silence of the... Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am
Print IMF, govt reach SLA on first SBA review ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Pakistani authorities have reached a staff-level... Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:36am
Print Revised SOE policy approved by Cabinet body ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has approved revised SOE policy... Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:21am
Print Foreign exchange transactions: Cabinet approves levy of 40pc tax on banks’ windfall profits ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet, on the recommendation of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), approved... Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:51am
Print Urea subsidy, BISP: Federal govt trying to wean itself away Secretary Finance ImdadUllah Bosal says since both are devolved to provinces, they are now their responsibility Updated 15 Nov, 2023 09:53am
Pakistan Govt focusing on alternative energy resources: caretaker info minister Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi has said that the government is focusing on... Updated 12 Nov, 2023 10:42pm
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees