IESCO extends date for payment of outstanding bills

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has extended date for payment of outstanding bills due to Eid holidays. “Due to Eid holidays, customers of Batch No. 8 whose electricity bills were due on 08.07.2022 have been extended till 13.07.2022. Now Batch No. 8 customers can deposit their electricity bills till 13.07.2022 without any Late Payment […]

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PSX gains 57 points, closing at 41,159 points

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 57.22 points, a positive change of 0.14 percent, closing at 41,159.79 points against 41,102.57 points on the last working day. A total of 98,247,131 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 76,890,619 shares the previous day, […]

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Pilgrims under govt hajj scheme getting excellent facilities, special gifts in Makkah: Minister

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor Wednesday said that all intended pilgrims under government hajj schemes were being provided excellent facilities including food, residence, transportation and special gifts of luxury Ka’aba patterned prayer rugs in Makkah. In an exclusive talk with PTV news channel from Makkah, he said that this year’s hajj was […]

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Khurram Dastgir takes notice of electric shock incident at Gujranwala

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan on Wednesday took notice of the tragic incident of alleged electric shock at Gujranwala Nursery Chowk and sought inquiry report from the Gujranwala Electric Power Supply Company (GEPCO) Chief within 24 hours. The minister directed the GEPCO Chief for taking stern action against the responsible officials, said a […]

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Pakistan taking measures to improve trade with Iran: Miftah

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said Pakistan was was taking all possible measures to resolve the bottlenecks for significantly augmenting the bilateral trade volume with Iran. The minister was talking to Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, who called on him here, according to a Finance Ministry press […]

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City police arrest four; recover motorcycles, drugs

KARACHI:The City District Police Karachi on Wednesday arrested four accused and recovered two motorcycles, crystal methamphetamine and hashish from them. The accused were identified as Kamran alias Munna, Ali, Sumair and Adnan alias deputy, said police sources. They were arrested from the jurisdictions of Risala, Kalakot, Chakiwara and Garden police stations.

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UK wants to double bilateral trade up to £ 7 billion with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD:UK is the third largest global trading partner of Pakistan and is keen to double its bilateral trade up to £7 billion with Pakistan in a few years to achieve mutual prosperity for both countries. This was stated by Mahesh Mishra, Counsellor and Group Head (Economic and Trade), British High Commission, while addressing the business […]

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