Global slowdown, higher construction costs weaken cement sales
LAHORE: Cement sales declined by more than 20 percent to record at 21.764 million tonnes in the first half of the current fiscal on...
Pakistan rebuffs India’s latest diatribe
ISLAMABAD: Once again on Wednesday, the Foreign Office outright rejected what it said were “frivolous accusations” by Indian Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar...
Ecnec okays 11 uplift schemes worth Rs470bn
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) under the Chairmanship of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday approved 11 development schemes...
‘Imran’s statement quoted out of context’
LAHORE: Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), said on Wednesday that the statement attributed to party chairman Imran Khan was...
Trade deficit shrinks 32.6pc in first half on import curbs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 32.65 percent to $17.13 billion in the first half of the current fiscal, as imports of non-essentials and other...
Serving army officer sues YouTuber in UK for defamation
LONDON: A senior Pakistan military officer has sued a UK-based YouTuber and retired army officer for defamation and damages at the London High Court...
Bilawal blames Imran Khan for TTP resurgence in KP
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was addressing a press conference during his visit to flood-hit city KN Shah in Dadu district on Tuesday. He...
33 candidates have passed away waiting for local govt elections
During the repeated postponements of the second phase of the local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, 33 candidates who had filed their nomination...
Markets to close by 8:30pm
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the national energy conservation plan, which would be implemented with an immediate effect.
The cabinet held a meeting...
Govt may impose flood levy on all imports
ISLAMABAD: While considering a waiver to basic food items and raw medicine material imports, the government may impose a flood levy ranging from one...
