ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday heard the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) foreign funding case. PTI lawyer Anwar Mansoor argued that funds could not be taken from foreign governments, multinational or local companies and that a company registered outside Pakistan could not be called a local company. He maintained that according to the […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Provincial Minister for Finance and Health Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra Wednesday said that Rs. 7.2 billion agreement has been made for the speedy completion of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa energy projects. For the first time, projects will be funded by taking loans from banks through corporate commercial financing, Taimur Saleem Jhagra told media men during the signing […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Exchange rate of Pak rupee strengthened by 20 paisas against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Wednesday and closed at Rs181.81 against the previous day’s closing of Rs182.01. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs182 and Rs184 […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Positivity ratio registered further drop as only 12 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last 24 hours, said Corona updates shared by the Health Department here on Wednesday. With decrease in the number of new cases and recovery of the patients from the disease, the number of total active Corona […]
Read MoreBEIJING:While political changes in Pakistan have recently fueled speculation about the possible impact on China-Pakistan relations, it remains clear that the high level of mutual trust between the two sides forms the solid guarantee that bilateral economic and trade cooperation won’t be affected. In a speech after winning the election, the newly elected Prime Minister […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD:Furrukh Shahzad Qureshi, an officer of EX PCS (BS-19), presently posted as Director Enquiries, Anti Corruption Establishment is transferred and posted as Additional Commissioner -I Hyderabad. According to notification, Farrukh Shahzad has been posted as Additional Commissioner -I, Hyderabad with immediate effect and until further orders against an existing vacancy.
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected the unwarranted reference in the statement issued after the US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on April 11, terming the assertions as ‘malicious, lacking any credibility’. “It is unfortunate that a bilateral cooperation mechanism is being used to target a third country for political expediency and to mislead public opinion away from […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The district administration and Town Municipal Administration (TMA) Town-IV retrieved 12 kanal public land from occupants on Wednesday. On the directives of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peshawar Shafiullah Khan, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Mohammad Shoaib carried out operation against encroachments made on official land in Sarband locality and demolished illegal constructions made on 12 kanal land. […]
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