MARDAN – Police in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested Mufti Sardar Ali Haqqani under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening to kill Pakistani noble laureate Malala Yousafzai in a suicide bombing. The FIR lodged under 16 MPO and 7ATA against the cleric, who is famous ...

The National Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has decreased the electricity price by 44 paisas per unit. Nepra has released a notification for lowering the price of electricity on Monday. The reduction was made in the head of monthly fuel price adjustment for the month of April. The consumers ...

Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin says new Auto Policy should be designed in a manner beneficial for all the three relevant stakeholders; the consumer, manufacturer and the government. He was talking to Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar in Islamabad today (Saturday) reviewing ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved various projects worth over 326 billion rupees. The ECNEC, which met in Islamabad with Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in the chair approved dualization of Lilla Interchange at M-2 via Pind-Dadan Khan to Jhelum including two ...

Following Australia, Japan has approved a mango processing facility for exports from Pakistan, as announced by the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood, on Friday. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ The advisor tweeted that the Roomi Foods ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said Friday Pakistan intended to further strengthen its valuable trade, investment and people-to-people ties with the United States (US). Addressing a virtual meeting with the representatives of US-Pakistan Business Council ...

ISLAMABAD - Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment Abdul Razaq Dawood Friday said the country’s exports had increased by 14 percent to US$ 22.563 billion during July to May 2020-21, as compared to the same period in FY 2019-20. On a monthly comparison with last year, in May ...

LAHORE – The federal government is chewing over a proposal to roll out an amnesty scheme in the upcoming budget 2021-22 that would allow citizens to import five-year-old used cars, local media reported. Currently, citizens are allowed to import three-year-old vehicles but the new limit will be ...

Pakistan and China have so far completed 19 projects under the umbrella of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), while 28 are under-construction and 41 more in the pipeline. “Both Pakistan and China remain committed to implementation of CPEC for quality economic growth and enhanced regional ...

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill link on Thursday appreciated the foreign expatriates who sent foreign remittances to the country which have now reached $29.1 billion from $21.7 billion last year, exhibiting 34 per cent increase. In a statement ...