LAHORE:The European Union’s monitoring mission, which is in Pakistan currently to assess the country’s eligibility for Generalised System of Preference (GSP) plus extension, reviewed the steps taken by the Punjab government in nine priority area including human rights, child labour, labour rights and environment protection, here on Friday. During a meeting at the Civil […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Friday said that the country’s Central Bank had received US$2.3 billion from China. “I am pleased to announce that Chinese consortium loan of RMB 15 billion (roughly $2.3 billion) has been credited into SBP account today, increasing our foreign exchange reserves,” he said in a tweet. […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The treasury and opposition benches on Friday agreed to run the affairs of the provincial assembly in cordial manners and with consensus. It was agreed in a meeting held here between a delegation of treasury and opposition wherein the treasury assured to address the grievance of the opposition members through a joint committee. […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:One more patient had died of deadly coronavirus during the last 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 1,766 in the Rawalpindi district. As per the latest data released by the District Health Authority here Friday, as many as 1,766 people have died since the start of the pandemic, out of which 1,335 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Friday, losing 1,665.18 points, a negative change of 3.90 percent, closing at 41,051.79 points against 42,716.97 points on the last working day. A total of 424,229,317 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 349,488,911 shares the previous […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR:The five-day anti-polio campaign will start on June 28 in Bahawalpur City, bahawalpur Saddar and Ahmadpur East tehsils of Bahawalpur district. During this campaign, as many as 513000 children up to the age of five years will be vaccinated against polio. A meeting was held in the committee room of the Deputy Commissioner’s office […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Once considered as Cotton King, district Vehari appeared to be on a trajectory to regaining that title after it showed 55 per cent increase in cotton area compared to previous year, signifying a tendency that farmers were recapturing their trust on white gold as a profitable crop. These views were expressed by secretary agriculture […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police have chalked out a comprehensive plan to save Rs10 million by reducing fuel quota of operational vehicles. The initiative was taken following orders of Inspector General of Police Islamabad Dr Akbar Nasir to reduce fuel consumption of department vehicles in line with the government’s austerity drive, a police […]
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