BEIJING:The combined profits of China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) rose 7 percent year on year to nearly 1.02 trillion yuan (about 155.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Tuesday. The SOEs raked in 18.6 trillion yuan in operating revenue in the first three months, 12.9 percent higher than […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has expressed hope that the newly elected coalition government will bring out the country from the prevailing financial crises. Chamber President Nadeem Rauf, while talking to reporter, said that he was confident that Shahbaz Sharif(SS), being a proficient businessman, was well aware of the problems of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in a meeting agreed to work together to address the challenge of water scarcity in the country. This was agreed by the ADPC team who visited PCRWR, Headquarters, Islamabad on Tuesday. The agenda of the meeting was to brief the ADPC […]
Read MoreSIALKOT:Two persons were caught for allegedly pilfering electricity from main transmission lines and through meter tampering in two localities of the district. On the report of Sub Division Officer (SDOs) Gepco; Satrah and Kotwali police raided at Saranwali, Muhammad Pura and caught red handed Zulfiqar and Noor Muhammed while pilfering electricity from main transmission lines […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Expo 2020 Dubai awarded Dh6.8 billion ($1.8bn) worth of contracts to small and medium businesses, exceeding a 2016 commitment to award at least 20 per cent of direct and indirect spend to them. The amount represents more than a quarter of all Expo 2020 Dubai contracts in terms of value, organisers of the event said […]
Read MoreMULTAN:District administration thwarted an attempt to hoard 10,000 kgs of sugar in a house, located at Gulgasht colony and imposed fine Rs 50,000 on a citizen, here on Tuesday. According to official sources, District Regional Transport Authority (RTA) secretary Rana Mohsin, along with police and special branch raided at a house, owned by a citizen […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A delegation of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Tuesday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here and discussed the overall political situation in the country. The delegation comprised Senator Sardar Shafiq Tarin, PkMAP’s Senior Vice Chairman Abdur Rahim Ziaratwal, and provincial president Abdul Qahir Wadan. During the meeting, they agreed to work in unison […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Makhdoom Murtaza Mahmud during a surprise visit to utility stores corporation (USC) outlets here on Tuesday inspected prices of essential commodities being provided to marginalized segment of the society on subsidized rate under the Prime Minister’s Ramazan Relief Package. Accompanied by Federal Secretary Industries and Production, Iftikhar Shallwani, Managing […]
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