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Kayani for fed-provincial alignment, local devolution
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani on Thursday called for greater alignment between federal and provincial governments and devolution of resources and powers to the local level, saying development spending must tran...
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Aurangzeb outlines five key economic priorities
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday outlined five key priorities for Pakistan’s economy, including making macroeconomic stability permanent, shifting towards investment-, productivity- and expo...
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Consumer Perception Survey: Discos directed to finalise methodology, criterion and schedule
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division) Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari directed all power distribution companies (DISCOs) to finalise methodology, criteria, and schedule for conducting the Consumer Perception Survey and lau...
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NA panel informed: PC plans 51-100pc divestment of each Disco
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Privatisation has been informed that 51 to 100 percent shareholding and management control of each power distributing company (Disco) is proposed to be divested under the approved structure...
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Scores killed as Houthis, Saudi Arabia trade attacks
RIYADH: Fresh fighting left scores of combattants dead in Yemen on Thursday, as Saudi Arabia reported its first death since hostilities flared anew and its Yemeni government allies sought to roll back the group’s recent gains. The sides hav...
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FO says Pakistan fully committed to defence pacts
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it was fully committed, in letter and spirit, to implementing the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) with Saudi Arabia as well as the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. “However, when, how, where and what force ...
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China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis
DUBAI: China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen’s Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group’s military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matte...
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Imaan and Chattha rearrested
RAWALPINDI: The city police have taken human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari and her spouse, Hadi Ali Chattha, into custody after the Supreme Court suspended their sentences and granted them bail in a controversial Tweet case. The city po...
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SC suspends Imaan, Chattha sentences; grants bail
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court granted bail to human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha and suspended the trial court’s February 19 decision in the controversial tweet case. A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Naeem...
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CEO EDB sent on forced leave
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industry and Production, on the directives of the Prime Minister (PM), has sent the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Engineering Development Board (EDB) on forced leave and given Faisal Nisar Chaudhry addition...
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Danish varsity: Regular classes to begin from next Sept, PM told
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was informed on Thursday that regular classes at Danish University will begin on September 20, 2027. In a briefing to a review meeting chaired by the prime minister, officials said 185 applications h...
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Islamabad: Granting provincial status need of the hour: Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Federal minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain and Dr. Muhammad Amjad called on Federal Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi and held detailed discussion on the country’s political situation, the creation of new provinces, and administra...
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Paramedical staff: NA body says concerned at non-payment of minimum wages
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Government Assurances expressed its serious concern over the reported non-payment of minimum wages to the paramedical staff working in private hospitals and other health establishments....
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Hilly & remote areas: KP govt seeks PD’s permission to establish LPG company
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government asked the Petroleum Division to allow the provincial government to establish an LPG company to cater to the energy needs of people living in hilly and remote areas, utilizing the 10 percent LPG q...
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Wahdat Poultry signs Rs500m revolving financing deal with Saudi Pak
KARACHI: Wahdat Poultry Farm Limited has signed an Offer Letter with Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited (Saudi Pak) for a short-term revolving financing facility of Rs500 million, aimed at meeting the company’s...
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Official aircraft travel: Maryam pays Rs27.5m out of pocket to settle expenses
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced that cancer treatment hospitals will be established in every division of Punjab and made functional within 12 months. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Multan Electrobus...
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Pak Elektron Limited
Pak Elektron Limited (PSX: PAEL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1956. The company is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of domestic appliances and electrical capital goods. The company organizes itself in two...
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The remittance support to current account
The current account remains comfortably placed in the opening months of FY27. The August deficit was modest, and the cumulative position is still broadly consistent with the annual target. There is little to worry about at this stage. The g...
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TMA welcomes PM’s directive to simplify exports, cut red tape
KARACHI: Chairman of the Towel Manufacturers’ Association of Pakistan (TMA), Ather Bari, has welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s directives to simplify export procedures, reduce red tape, promote value addition, strengthen quality stan...
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Marriage halls: RTO Hyderabad seeks greater tax compliance
KARACHI: The Regional Tax Office (RTO) Hyderabad and representatives of the Marriage Hall Association have agreed to adopt an evidence-based approach to improve voluntary tax compliance under Section 236D of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. ...
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