RIYADH –UNS: Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has directed to conduct a study to increase the amount of the deposit it made to the Pakistan’s forex reserves to $5 billion as the South Asian country is currently facing economic woes. Earlier, the […]
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Cash-strapped Pakistan is still reeling from the troubles which aren’t over, however, it looks like the country of 220 million people will dodge default in the next six months, Bloomberg Economics reported Monday. While it seems like the resumption of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme will help the country […]
Saleem Bukhari PESHAWAR : The revelation of irregularities in the appointments of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority, caused great frustration and anxiety among the officers. Amjad Miraj PMS officer of BPS-18 is posted as Director (BPS-19) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) by Establishment Department of KPK via Notification dated […]
WT REPORT HARIPUR: The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ghulam Ali has said that he has a special relationship with Haripur, so he will not spare any minute for its construction and development of the area. Haripur have big potential of economic development in different fields. Addressing the dinner ceremony […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS– National Security Committee (NSC) presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday concurred to take action against social media accounts running negative campaign to spread speculations over country’s economy. Sources privy to the development said that the huddle reviewed the elements that caused the country s disrepute […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Monday finalised agreements to expand investment and increase bilateral trade to $1 billion. To this end, Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Khodjave Jamshid Abdukhakimovich signed nine Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). Talking to the media on the occasion, Qamar said the […]
Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Friday rejected Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s claim about the Russian oil deal and said they would purchase crude oil at a cheaper rate from Russia. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the state minister said Russia had agreed to provide crude oil […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Thursday that the price of petrol was being cut by Rs10 and diesel by Rs7.5. In a televised address, he said: “At this moment, the prime minister wants that we should pass maximum relief to the public and we have been implementing […]
NEW YORK -UNS/Reuters: A breathtaking surge in the U.S. dollar trampled foreign currencies, gouged corporate profits and gave investors one of the year’s few winning trades. Though the greenback has stumbled in recent weeks, recession worries may keep it elevated in 2023. At its September peak, the dollar stood at […]
WASHINGTON-REUTER/UNS: The Biden administration plans to place Chinese chip-maker Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and 35 other Chinese firms on a trade blacklist that would prevent them from buying certain American components, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The US Department of Commerce would add the Chinese companies to a so-called ‘Entity […]