ISLAMABAD: On the first day of a Turkish business delegation’s visit to the country, a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements for business cooperation and joint ventures were signed between…
–Premier holds meeting with lawmakers from GB to finalise draft ordinance –Govt to withdraw review appeal in SC against GB Ordinance, 2019 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is all set to…
–GI law needed to protect commercial heritage of goods produced in country –India claims GI on 361 products having similarity with Pakistani products ISLAMABAD: In a major development on Tuesday, a parliamentary committee…
–IPO says publishers will be made part of policy to curb copyrights violations ISLAMABAD: As the Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan- an attached department of the Ministry of Commerce (MoC)- has recently…
–Publishers’ input will be incorporated in the draft amendments in the IPRs rules ISLAMABAD: As the Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan- an attached department of the Ministry of Commerce (MoC)- has drafted…
— Industries Ministry will redraft and implement electric vehicles policy ISLAMABAD: Despite the fact that Ministry of Climate Change’s proposal for the first-ever Electric Vehicles (EV) policy was accepted by the federal…
ISLAMABAD: While there are dozens of corruption inquiries pending before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, a…
–PSQCA assigned registration of products and set standards ISLAMABAD: After a long fight between the Center and provinces over establishing a uniform standard for food and other consumer items across the country,…
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to reactivate the Defence Planning and Civil Defence across the country as part of national war efforts to have a cohesive response from both military and civil…
–Int’l rating agency expects CAD to continue narrowing in current and next fiscal year –Report foresees Pakistan’s GDP growth to slow to 2.9 per cent in FY2020 from 3.3per cent in last…
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent attempt to pacify its key coalition partner in the federal government – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) – the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is likely to review development shares for…
–IMF says Pakistan has comfortably met performance criteria for end-September ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff-level agreement on the first review under the Extended Fund Facility on Friday,…
–FBR chief says 135 individuals opted for tax amnesty scheme offered by PML-N govt in 2018, while 56 people availed PTI scheme in 2019 –Former finance minister Asad Umar criticises amnesty schemes, says…
–Senate body to move privilege motion against Fawad Chaudry –Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology to hold single agenda meeting on university budgets, says Senator Mushtaq Ahmed ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Science and…
–APG’s Mutual Evaluation Report states Pakistan ‘largely but partially’ complied with 36 out of40 parameters –Identifies preventive measures, financial intelligence, money-laundering and terror-financing investigations as Islamabad’s weaknesses –FATF not satisfied with steps…
–Business delegation to call on PM on Thursday to discuss NAB harassment among other things ISLAMABAD: A delegation of at least 20 businessmen, comprising heads of various private companies, called on army…
–PSQCA Secretary Ghulam Umar Kazi, in-charge of status of pending inquiries, faces five inquiries himself ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Science and Technology on Wednesday disclosed that least 33 inquiries were pending against…
