Day: July 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD:The overall production of petroleum commodities has witnessed an increase of 16.22 percent during the first eleven months of fiscal year 2020-21 as compared to corresponding period of last year. The Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) products that showed growth including kerosene oil production, which increased by 11.07 percent during the period under review, Pakistan […]

ISLAMABAD:The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday examined the highlighted audit paras Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives attached department for the year 2019-20. The committee met here at Parliament House under the chairmanship of MNA Rana Tanveer Hussain. The meeting was also attended by leader of the House in the Senate Senator Dr. […]

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi was given a briefing on the dynamics of national security and the situation in Afghanistan during his visit to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Headquarters on Thursday. In view of the president’s keen interest in cyber security, he was also briefed on the subject. The president lauded the efforts of Inter-Services Intelligence […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 136.79 points, with a positive change of 0.29 percent, closing at 47,628.26 points against 47,491.47 points on the last working day. A total of 506,296,200 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 508,283,755 shares the previous day […]

ISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Thursday released 304,700 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 431,400 cusecs.. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1454.65 feet, which was 70.65 feet higher than its dead level 1386 feet. Water inflow and outflow in […]

ISLAMABAD:The 10th annual meeting of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been postponed, CPEC Authority Chairman Lt. Gen. (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Thursday. “The JCC-10 meeting on CPEC, which was scheduled to be held on July 16 has been postponed to a later date after Eid,” he said […]

ISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs 450 and was traded at Rs109,350 in the local market on Thursday against its sale at Rs 108,900 the previous day, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat also increased by Rs386 to Rs93,750 from Rs […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) here on Thursday forecast scattered rain spells on Eid-ul-Azha for different cities including Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Talking to reporter, spokesman PMD Dr Zaheer Babar said that the rain spell would start in different cities from next week and would persist for three days in upper and central Punjab,Sindh,Balochistan,Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. […]