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Expected increase in power tariffs for KE consumers

ISLAMABAD: The power tariff for K-electric consumers may increase by Rs 3.02 per unit once again, according to reports. K-Electric has requested a raise in quarterly adjustments for the period from April to June 2023. The National Electric Power Reg...

Pakistan's auto industry faces shutdown due to raw material shortages

Pakistan's major auto manufacturers, including Honda Atlas Cars, Toyota Indus, and Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC), are facing a crisis as they announce temporary shutdowns of their production plants due to an ongoing shortage of crucial raw material...

Cotton output increased by 126pc, FCA output of other crops satisfactory

Karachi: Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) was informed that cotton output during season 2023-24 witnessed bumper increase of 126.6 percent and crop production was provisionally estimated at 11.8 million bales as it cultivated over 2.4 million h...

FFC wins Best ESG Reporting Award

Karachi: Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC) was conferred with ‘Best ESG Reporting Award’ at 20th Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony organised by CFA Society Pakistan here. Brig (retd) Irfan Khan Company Secretary and Syed Imran Rizvi...

Minister, PM Kakar discuss energy affairs

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali called on caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq Kakar here. They discussed matters relating to energy and petroleum division's affairs.  During meeting Prime Minister Kakar was briefed on mea...

Member Customs Ops discuss matters with FPCCI members

Karachi: Zeba Hai Azher member Customs Operations-FBR agreed in principle that Pakistan needs to do away with upfront payments as Pakistan is signatory of TFA and Customs will look into matter in required detail to alleviate complaints and grievances...

President for expanding bilateral trade volume with Bahrain

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi stressed need to expand bilateral trade volume with Bahrain, besides exporting high number of skilled labour force to country. Talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Bahrain Saqib Rauf who called on him at...

Businesses laud Pakistan govt’s measures against ‘misuse of Afghan Transit Trade’

Karachi: Business bodies including Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and All Pakistan Textile Mills Limited (APTMA) lauded caretaker government for its measures against smuggling via neighbouring Afghanistan. Taking to social media platform X PBC expre...

NTC starts consultation with FPCCI on tariff barriers

Karachi: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh President FPCCI welcoming visit of Naeem Anwar Chairman of National Tariff Commission (NTC) to FPCCI Head Office said discussing tariff barriers to trade and their progressive resolution in consultation with business, indu...

Industrialisation, enhanced exports pivotal to uplift economy: PHMEA

Karachi: “Industrialisation and export enhancement are national cause to uplift economy. Industry and export are priority areas for both federal and provincial governments”. Industry’s demand to combine multiple industrial laws of S...

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All Karachi Urdu Declamation Contest- 2025 held at ICMA on Iqbal Day

KARACHI: Organized by the Youth of Pakistan Foundation, the All Karachi Declamation Contest was held at ICMA University on the occasion of Iqbal Day, in which young speakers from across the city presented the thoughts and message of Allama Iqbal in a...

SHC disposes of petition in Karimabad alleged illegal construction case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has disposed of a petition filed against alleged illegal constructions in the Karimabad Ismailia Multipurpose Cooperative Society. The court made it clear that construction can only be carried out according to the approv...

Karachi’s New Master Plan 2047 Faces Unseen Urban Hurdles

KARACHI: As Karachi’s planners speak of a vision for 2047 the city’s current state stands as a cautionary tale. Decades of unregulated construction ignored zoning laws and unchecked expansion have left Karachi suffocating under its own ur...

Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City's first Muslim mayor

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known state lawmaker to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures. Mamdani will become the first Musli...
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