Covid-19: KPRA fears significant decline in services tax collection
PESHAWAR:Â Like other industries, Covid-19 has badly affected hotels, rest houses and restaurants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, owing to which the provincial government was struggling to...
China to make 90pc investment in ML-1 upgradation: minister
RAWALPINDI: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Monday that China will make 90pc investment in the upgradation of Main Line-1 (ML-1) project.
He was...
LPG price hiked to Rs132 per kg
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday notified a Rs2/kg hike in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the...
Khaqan Murtaza assumes charge as CAA director general
KARACHI:Â Flight Lieutenant (r) Khaqan Murtaza on Monday assumed the charge as director general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The CAA on Friday last announced...
Trump to add China’s SMIC and CNOOC to defence blacklist
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is poised to add China’s top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of...
Stocks stage sharp recovery after early losses
KARACHI: Despite early hiccups, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) managed to close the last session of the month in green, mainly due to late...
Punjab industries minister suspends audit notices issued to textile millers
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal has suspended audit notices issued by the Social Security Department due to the...
Soul Sisters Pakistan raises CA$46,161 for digital talk show
KARACHI: In a departure from traditional media models, the third season of Conversations with Kanwal (CWK) has raised CA$46,161 (Rs5.6 million) from a Kickstarter...
Govt urged to launch digital market policy to compete with international markets
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has asked the government to also launch a digital market policy after consultation with...
Profit margin of oil firms, dealers likely to rise by 16pc
The government is likely to increase profit margins of oil marketing companies (OMCs) and dealers’ commission by 16 per cent without completion of a...
‘Cabinet to review NCOC proposals for acquiring Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow’
Planning Minister Asad Umar has announced that the National Command and Operating Centre (NCOC) has finalised its recommendations for the procurement of vaccines for...
Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021
LONDON: British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan...
Oil prices slip in cautious trade ahead of OPEC+ meet
SINGAPORE: Crude oil prices fell on Monday, amid investor jitters ahead of a meeting of producer group OPEC+ to decide whether to extend large...
Shares rest after ‘awesome’ month, China factories speed up
SYDNEY: World shares paused to assess a record-busting month on Monday as the prospect of a vaccine-driven economic recovery next year and yet more...
China’s first domestically made nuclear reactor goes online
BEIJING: China has powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor -- the Hualong One - a significant step in Beijing's attempts to become...