Increase exports, reduce trade deficit important components of Govt’s strategy: Governor

KARACHI:Governor Sindh Imran Ismail has said that increasing the exports and reducing the trade deficit are the important components of the present Government’s strategy. He underlined that the Government was committed to improve the economic structure of the country and promote ease of doing business. He said this while presiding over meeting of Sindh Industrial […]

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Ali Zaidi welcomes apex court’s decision on Sindh LG law

KARACHI:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh chapter president and Federal minister Syed Ali Haider Zaidi has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court pertaining to the Sindh local government (LG) amendment law here on Tuesday. He said that the apex court seriously observed the draconian law of Zardari mafia, according to a PTI communiqué. Ali Zaidi welcomed […]

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’Expats problems being addressed on priority basis’

FAISALABAD: Chairperson District Overseas Committee (DOC) Mirza Muhammad Asgar said that problems of overseas Pakistanis were being addressed on priority basis. Presiding over a meeting here on Tuesday, he said that meetings of the committee were being held regularly on a monthly basis for listening and redressing the issues of expats. He also directed the […]

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Road checking drive to be launched from Feb 7 : Sindh Minister

KARACHI:Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Department and Parliamentary Affairs and Food Mukesh Kumar Chawla on Tuesday said that a road checking campaign would be launched from February 7 to collect taxes from tax defaulting vehicle owners and this campaign would remain continue till February 18. The decision was taken in a […]

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SIU arrests two street criminals after encounter

KARACHI:The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Karachi Police Tuesday arrested two alleged street criminals in injured condition from near Northern Bypass after an encounter and recovered illegal pistols from their possession. According to SSP SIU Arif Aziz, a team of SIU acting on a tip off reached near Northern Bypass when the street criminals noticed […]

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PTI’s view of an empowered local government system vindicated: Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Tuesday said the Supreme Court verdict with regard to the Sindh Local Government Act 2013 was similar to the stance of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI). In a tweet, the minister said that the Supreme Court had ruled that specific features of the Sindh Local Government Act were […]

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Municipal Libraries to be established in every GB district

GILGIT:Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Khalid Khurshid took a great initiative to promote knowledge and study in the province and issued instructions to establish Municipal Libraries in every district. According to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the CM GB, in order to promote knowledge in GB and to attract people especially the youth, the […]

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IT Freelancers’ exports increased by 16.74%: Amin

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque on Tuesday said that Information Technology exports of Freelancers have increased by 16.74 percent during the first six months of the current financial year. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, he said,” Freelancers have earned export revenue of US$216.788 million (IT: $163.881m + Non-IT: […]

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