Conserving energy EDITORIAL: The government took its sweet time to come up with an energy conservation roadmap which, according to ... Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:30am
Business & Finance PALSP urges govt to appoint full-time chief of PSQCA ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has urged upon the government to appoint a ... Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:07am
Editorials LG polls in Islamabad EDITORIAL: Apparently, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership apprehends that if polls, be they for... Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Pakistan Summaries about legislation thru official bills: Cabinet Division directs all ministries/divisions to follow prescribed rules ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has directed all the ministries/divisions to follow prescribed rules for submission... Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am
Print Small traders reject energy conservation plan KARACHI: Small traders Thursday rejected the government’s energy conservation plan that stipulates to close ... Updated 23 Dec, 2022 08:42am
Business & Finance Imported soybean: Federal govt approves release of 9 consignments LAHORE: The federal government has approved release of nine stuck-up consignments of imported soyabean, poultry... Updated 23 Dec, 2022 08:39am
Print Rain- and flood-hit farmers: Three markup waiver and financing schemes announced KARACHI: The federal government has announced three markup waiver and financing schemes for farmers in rain and... Updated 23 Dec, 2022 08:40am
Opinion Energy conservation policy: kudos to federal govt This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “Closure of shops by 8pm: Policy hinges on provinces’ nod of... Published 22 Dec, 2022 06:17am
Pakistan Ghufran Memon made PASS secy ISLAMABAD: The federal government, Wednesday, made regular appointment on the slot of secretary poverty alleviation... Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am
Business & Finance FPCCI opposes early restaurant closure KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Tuesday objected the federal... Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:55am
Pakistan Govt has accepted two major demands, says AGEGA ISLAMABAD: The All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) on Tuesday claimed that the federal government has ... Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am
Opinion Legal basis for uniform electricity tariff For the end consumer in Pakistan, the current tariff structure is uniform throughout the country. Still, it... Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am
Opinion Politics of narratives and redlines Baroness Onora O’ Neill, in her Reith lectures on BBC (2002), published in book form by the Cambridge University... Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am
Opinion The blame game How ironic it is that federal and provincial governments were playing the blame game amid a standoff between ... Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am
Pakistan 'Strategy to dissolve Punjab Assembly completed': Moonis says PDM cannot stop early polls PML-Q leader says Imran Khan will win the next election Updated 20 Dec, 2022 11:28pm
Pakistan LG polls likely to be delayed in ICT ISLAMABAD: The Local Government (LG) elections scheduled to be held on December 31 is likely to be delayed as the... Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Pakistan Federal, KPK govts playing the blame game ISLAMABAD: As militants continued to take an unknown number of officials of Bannu Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)... Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Opinion Cash surplus of provincial govts The role of the four provincial governments has increased after the 18th Amendment. They have also become entitled ... Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Editorials Reliance on foreign borrowing EDITORIAL: Pakistan has secured 775 million dollars from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in support of the recovery... Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Print PM irked by absence of top officials from crucial meeting ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reportedly expressed his annoyance at Federal Secretaries for not... Updated 18 Dec, 2022 09:39am
Pakistan NBP employees are not govt servants: SC ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court held that employees of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) are not “government... Updated 18 Dec, 2022 02:17pm
Pakistan ‘Politically-exposed’ persons facilitate smuggling: As yet no mechanism in place to effectively curb forex outflows LAHORE: Changes in law and tax provisions have failed to provide mechanism to control unauthorized foreign currency... Updated 17 Dec, 2022 01:07pm
Business & Finance Jul-Nov CAD shrinks 57pc YoY KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit shrank 57 percent during the first five months of this fiscal year... Updated 17 Dec, 2022 09:54am
Print Agri credit target raised to Rs1.8trn: Rs511bn Kissan Package notified ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) has notified Rs 511 billion Kissan... Updated 16 Dec, 2022 09:36am
Business & Finance Three commissioners assume charge at SECP ISLAMABAD: The three new commissioners appointed by the federal government have assumed charge of their... Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:00am
Business & Finance Govt raises Rs1.6trn through MTBs’ sale KARACHI: The federal government on Wednesday raised Rs1.66 trillion against sale of short-term security papers. ... Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:00am
Business & Finance SECP: three Commissioners appointed ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday issued notifications for the appointment of three new Commissioners at... Published 14 Dec, 2022 07:48am
Business & Finance FPCCI urges govt to grant status of industry to rice sector KARACHI: Federation Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)supporting the demand of Rice Exporters... Published 14 Dec, 2022 07:31am
Business & Finance Old-design banknotes can’t be exchanged after 31st KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced on Tuesday that old design large size banknotes cannot be... Published 14 Dec, 2022 06:55am
Editorials ‘Legal’ and ‘environment-friendly’ EDITORIAL: The Supreme Court’s seal of approval to the new Reko Diq mine deal — declaring the agreement between... Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am