KARACHI:Total liquid foreign reserves of the country stand at $ 15.74204 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan. SBP’s weekly statement issued here on Thursday said that on June 30, the foreign reserves holding with State Bank of Pakistan amounted $ 9,816.3 million. Whereas, the net foreign reserves with the commercial banks were $5,926.1 million. During […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD:The Federal Tax Ombudsman’s Office is working day and night to provide relief to the public and will bring further improvements for which local advisor has sought suggestions and proposals from the Business Community and members of Hazara Tax Bar Association. This was said by Majid Qureshi, a newly designated Advisor of FTO for Abbottabad […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday adjourned hearing till September 7, on Noriabad Power Project, a reference against Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah. AC-III Judge Syed Asghar Ali heard the reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). NAB prosecutors and defence lawyer appeared before the court. At the outset of hearing, the defence […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi Thursday said that hundreds of disputes/cases have been resolved in first three months through Informal Dispute Resolution (IRD) mechanism, which were resolved without expense of either party and with their mutual consent through mediation. He said that it was his dream to resolve public disputes through consultative/mediation process which has […]
Read MoreKARACHI: Federal Minister for Information Technology Syed Amin-ul-Haq on Thursday said Pakistan was ambitiously working to achieve $15 billion IT exports in next three years. He was addressing a panel discussion on “Promoting U.S.-Pakistan Innovation and Investment” at National Incubation Centre Karachi (NICK) here at the NED University of Engineering and Technology. U.S. Department of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The 400th meeting of the Executive Board of National Highway Authority (NHA) was held on Thursday. Chairman NHA Capt (retd) Muhammad Khurram Agha chaired the meeting. The Board, as per vision of the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a number of measures pertaining to the procurement process to award contracts to construction companies which were […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Director General (DG) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab Faisal Farid announced on Thursday that Eid holidays of the staff of District Emergency Operation Centres across Punjab including the Provincial Control Room have been cancelled. In a statement issued here, he said that operation centers would be open 24 hours. All deputy commissioners should issue […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A local court in Islamabad on Thursday confirmed the bail of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan in a case pertaining to vandalizing the public property during the PTI’s long march. District and Session Judge Kamran Basharrat Mufti heard the bail petition filed by KP CM Mehmood Khan. The petitioner’s lawyer adopted the stance that […]
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