Eco-changes Severely impacts on agricultural sector: Fakhar Imam on October 17, 2021ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam Sunday said the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector, including human life was a major challenge for Sustainable environmental development in the country. He said sustainable environmental growth was the key to the improvement of the agricultural sector on which human life […]
Pak-China friendship hospital to provide modern facilities to people of Gwadar on October 17, 2021ISLAMABAD: The under-construction Pak-China friendship hospital would provide a state-of-the-art medical facility to the inhabitants of the port city of Gwadar that was being completed with the estimated cost of $ 100 million. The project was financed by the Chinese government while the project was being supervised by the government of Balochistan. The hospital being […]
High oil prices in int’l market cause of readjustment in prices: Fawad on October 17, 2021ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that propaganda about the rise in oil prices was being done as if Pakistanis lived on a separate planet away from the rest of the world. In a tweet, he said if oil and gas prices go up in the world, Pakistan will […]
International News CPJ calls detention of Kashmiri journalists ‘shameful’, demands release on October 17, 2021NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, Sunday called on authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) to immediately release arrested journalists, cease detaining and questioning journalists, and commit to allowing the media to operate freely. “India needs to move quickly to improve its shameful record of harassing […]
SBP indulging in ‘mystery shopping’ on October 17, 2021The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) was conducting ‘mystery shopping’ to know of problems faced by the customers while availing house loans and was guiding the banks for customers’ facilitation. “We have completed 11 cycles of mystery shopping. Our officers visit banks for house loans inquiries by disguising themselves as teachers, shopkeepers or low-income clients […]
Erstwhile Fata/Pata exempted from taxes till June 2023: FBR on October 17, 2021Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office (RTO) Peshawar, Khurshid Ahmad Khan Marwat Saturday said Malakand division and all merged tribal districts were exempted from taxes till June 2023. Talking to the office bearers of Swat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SCCI) during his visit to Swat, the chief commissioner Inland Revenue Peshawar said the […]
Large industry grows 7.26pc in two months on October 17, 2021The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) production grew by 7.26 percent during the first two months of the current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. The highest increase of 4.31 percent during July-August (2021-22) was witnessed in the indices monitored by the Ministry of Industries, […]
Govt took a big hit to ensure minimal burden passed on to public: PTI on October 17, 2021State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Saturday the government was trying its level best to minimise the impact of global inflation on poor people by trimming down duties and other taxes. Talking to the media after chairing a seminar regarding “Ashra-e-Rehmatullil Aalameen” in Faisalabad at Govt Model MC Girls Higher Secondary […]
Goverment trying to offer relief to masses on October 17, 2021Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was striving hard to offer relief to masses. He was chairing a meeting of District Coordination Committee held here to review different uplift projects which was also attended by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Malik Aamir Dogar, Provincial Minister […]
All-out efforts being made to provide relief to citizens: minister on October 17, 2021Federal Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaff (PTI) government was making all-out efforts to provide relief to the citizens and striving to control price hike. Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, he said that oil prices were increased over 100 percent in international market. Out of 160 countries of the […]