Remittances and Roshan Digital Accounts
Mohiuddin Aazim 23 Nov 2020
In the first four months of the current fiscal year, home remittances shot up 26.5 per cent to $9.43 billion from $7.45bn in the same period of last year, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
This huge growth in...
IMF talks focus on renewed tax thrust
The International Monetary Fund has recommended a string of policy proposals from the rationalisation of tax rates to withdrawal of tax exemption and removal of all distortions in the country’s tax system. — File photo
ISLAMABAD: At a time when the...
Pakistan secures $800m in debt relief
Awaits responses of six more nations on $1b worth of transactions
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan has so far secured $800 million worth of debt freeze deals from 14 members of the richest club of G-20 countries, as it still awaits ratification by remaining six...
Electricity generation is not the only purpose of dams. They are made for water storage and flood mitigation purposes as well.
Road tunnel on Jaglot-skardu road is part of bunji dam project. It will reduce the distance by approx 50 KMs.
Thatta extraction plant starts palm oil production
THATTA: A palm oil extraction plant being run by the Sindh’s Environment, Climate Change & Coastal Development Department started production on Wednesday.
“The Sindh government has successfully carried out the first-ever pilot project of...
Punjab Invested Huge In Agriculture Sector During Last Two Years
3 months ago Wed 02nd September 2020 | 03:20 PM
MULTAN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Sep, 2020 ) :Punjab secretary agriculture Wasif Khursheed has said that provincial government opted for liberal funding on...
I think this law was passed to get legal cover for stopping/ checking of proscribed vessels. As there might be litigation in International Courts. LAWFARE! However, I believe this was being implemented and ships were checked / inspected and allowed to pass after requisite permissions.
Nope. He won't care if I die or live. But I will sympathize with the loss of a fellow human even if he has done wrong to me. What defines me is, how I behave.
60-day deadline set for Balakot hydropower project
PHOTO: REUTERS
PESHAWAR:
A 60-day deadline was set on Thursday to complete the 300-megawatt Balakot Hydropower Project. This was ordered by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Thursday during the first meeting of the...
Nawaz Sharif’s mother passes away in London
Akhter was 90 years old and had been ill for a while. According to reports, she was undergoing medical treatment.
BR Web Desk Updated 22 Nov 2020
Mother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif...
US to launch regional funds for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
By Anwar Iqbal
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has said Washington will soon announce a high-level meeting of representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan to encourage trade and development. — Reuters/File...
PTCL is launching Pakistan’s first Digital Cloud Marketplace
Most of the world has shifted their services from regular services to the cloud, from regular currencies to cryptocurrencies but Pakistan is always lagging behind in terms of technology especially in the governmental sectors as...
Govt to implement Pakistan Maritime Zones Act to ensure territorial sovereignty, security
By Ahmad Ahmadani
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ensure sovereignty and security, the Government of Pakistan has approved to implement Pakistan Maritime Zones (PMZ) Act 2020 under which prior permission is...