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Senate body constitutes sub-committee to rationalise PSM sell-off plan
ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on Industries and Production (MoI&P) on Wednesday constituted a three-member sub-committee headed by federal minister, Hammad Azhar. to revisit PSM proposed sell –off plan.
The sub- committee…
COVID 19: Smart lockdown brings big relief to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a big reduction up to 28 percent in COVID 19 cases as a result of introducing a novel strategy of smart lockdown to curtail spreading of the deadly virus. The data issued here in Islamabad by the…
PEC undermines government efforts for attracting foreign investment
Islamabad: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) registration policy 2017, has turned into a stumbling block in pouring in foreign investment into Pakistan. The poor competition among interested parties for bigger projects witnessed in the…
Wastage of Rs 38 billion wheat flour goes unnoticed
ISLAMABAD: None practicing of food grade polypropylene sacks for packing of wheat flour is costing Rs 38 billion per annum and even after incurring accumulative loss of hundreds of billions none of the government departments is coming…
Joint opposition rejects federal budget
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Sunday rejected the federal government’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, saying that it has failed on every account to address adequately the challenges to posed by a global pandemic to Pakistan,…
Covid-19 cases surpass 200,000 mark; 4,118 dead
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus infections topped 200,000, reaching 202,955, making it the 12th most affected country from the Covid-19 in the world.
A total of 4,072 new coronavirus cases surfaced in the country over the last 24…
Parliament approves amended budget for 2020-21
ISLAMABAD: Following a long and noisy debate on the proposed Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2020-2021 on Monday, the National Assembly gave its nod to the federal budget which the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has been touting…
Four assailants killed as bid to attack PSX thwarted
KARACHI: Security forces killed four assailants who attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi with grenades and guns on Monday morning, Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon confirmed.
According to a police…
POL prices raised by 25pc against 112pc surge in int’l market, govt claims
ISLAMABAD: Two senior government officials on Saturday defended the decision to increase the price of all petroleum products in the country, saying that the government had tried to provide relief to the people amid rising international…
