48,00,000 acres of land for CAF
ISLAMABAD: Under the Green Pakistan Initiative, Corporate Agriculture Farming (CAF) under the umbrella of Army could commence on 48 lakh acres of land. Till this day 9 lakh acres has…
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IMF wants Pakistan to get $12B loan rolled over
ISLAMABAD: IMF has asked Pakistan to get $12 Billion loan rolled over by next week in order to qualify for bailout package. It may be recalled that on 13th July,…
Biased Resizing: Govt denies Kaiser Bengali’s allegation
ISLAMABAD: Government has denied the allegations levelled by Dr. Kaiser Bengali apropos biased resizing here on Sunday (1st Sept, 2024). Kaiser Bengali has resigned Saturday from all the three committees,…
Petroleum
Consumers will pay Rs. 1.86 lesser for a litre of petrol
ISLAMABAD: Government has reduced the prices of petroleum products from 1st Sept, 2024 for 15 days. From Sunday (1st September, 2024) citoyens will get a litre of petrol for Rs.…
China
China to build $2B Thakot-Raikot section of KKH
ISLAMABAD: China has been awarded the $2B contract on Thursday (29th August, 2024) for the construction of Thakot-Raikot section of KKH. Invoking a special rule the requirement of an int'l…
PIA
PIA will be privatised by 1st Oct. 2024
ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Privatisation Commission has told Senate Standing Committee here on Thursday that denationalisation of PIA process would be completed by 1st October, 2024. It is pertinent to…
Utility Stores
Govt plans to shut all Utility Stores down
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Industries and Production on Friday (23rd August, 2024) has confirmed that Govt of Pakistan, determined to get out of non-essential businesses and reduce expenses, was planning to…
Punjab Govt to give loans for construction of houses
LAHORE: Punjab government will provide interest-free loans up to 15 lakh rupees (enabling citizens of the Province to build their budget houses) repayable in easy instalments over a period of…
Punjab govt reduces Rs.14/unit in Aug/Sept power bills
LAHORE: Punjab government has diverted money from development funds and slashed its expenses to raise Rs. 45 billion to provide Rs. 14/unit relief to citoyens (utilising unto 500 units) in…
Petroleum
Petrol price slashed by Rs.8.47/L, HSD by Rs.6.7/L
ISLAMABAD: Government has reduced the price of Petrol by Rs. 8.47 per litre and High Speed Diesel by Rs. 6.7 per litre. Finance Division stated in its Tuesday (13th August,…
Nooriabad Power Project – an unsung hero
KARACHI: The Government of Sindh (GoS) has always been at the forefront of conceiving and successfully implementing innovative projects aimed at bettering living conditions in the Province of Sindh. In…
Pakistan Gate Torkham
Afghan drivers sans TAD can’t enter Pakistan
TORKHAM BORDER: On Thursday (1st August, 2024) cargo trucks did not move as their drivers did not have Temporary Admission Document (TAD) on them. Afghan border guards also stopped Pakistani…
US-Pakistan Green Alliance Framework improves Economic Growth
MULTAN: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrew Schofer highlighted US efforts to promote economic growth in Pakistan, and the role of US business in Pakistan’s agriculture sector, during his first…
Govt reduces fuel prices for 15 days
ISLAMABAD: Following a drip globally in the oil prices, Government's Finance Division on Wednesday (31st July, 2024) has announced slashing the price of petrol by Rs. 6.17/L, diesel by Rs.…
JI set to continue anti-inflation dharna as govt seeks time
RAWALPINDI: JI, that had 2nd meeting with the PML-N on Wednesday (31st July, 2024) has declared that the 6-day-long anti-inflation dharna will continue till their ten demands are not accepted.…
Anti-Inflation Dharna: Mass electricity bill strike
RAWALPINDI: JI Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman addressing the participants of the Anti-Inflation Dharna on Monday (29th July, 2024) said he could ask citizens to stop paying the electricity bills. A couple…
SBP cuts the key interest rate to 19.5 from 20.5pc
KARACHI: SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed, while talking to journalists at a Presser held here on Monday (29th July, 2024) informed that the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP had decided…
Miftah’s Awaam Pakistan Party protests outside KE office
KARACHI: Miftah Ismail, who alongwith supporters of his newly-formed Awaam Pakistan Party organised a manifestation outside KE office here on Sunday (28th July, 2024), plans to file a petition against…
Anti-Inflation Dharna: JI Meets PML-N, Govt releases 35 protesters
RAWALPINDI: Commissioner's Office here was the venue where the delegations of JI (led by Liaquat Baloch) and Govt had a rendezvous on Sunday (28th July, 2024) in order to discuss…
Dharna: JI wants power bills reduced, IPPs handled, tax revoked on salaried class
RAWALPINDI: JI Emir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, who is leading a dharna (sit in by hundreds of party workers/supporters) at Liaquat Bagh for the last two days, warned that if government did…
BD: Bloody Job-Quota Riots Claim Life of a Journalist
DHAKA (NPTV/IFJ): Students-led protests against job-quotas (for the heirs of the so-called heroes of 1971 war,) turned violent and claimed lives of 165 people including (several cops and) one journalist…
DG ISPR Presser on Azm-e-Istehkam (Resolve to Stability)
RAWALPINDI: DG ISPR Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Ch while talking to the journalists at a Presser held here on Monday (22nd of July, 2024) said that a massive/illegal political mafia…
Supreme Court of Bangladesh scraps job-quotas
DHAKA: Following the death of 165 people (including that of several cops) during the students-led protests against the job-quotas (for the heirs of the so-called heroes of 1971), the Supreme…
Deadly job-quota riots: Curfew imposed in Dhaka
DHAKA: Curfew has been imposed here on Saturday (20th July, 2024) after the student-led protests against the government's job-quota policy claimed 165 lives (including that of several cops) yet the…