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Pak-Iran freight train starts today
Pakistan Railways will operate a new freight train from Quetta to Zahedan (Iran) via Taftan from Tuesday (today) with the…
More funds likely for water conservation
THE Sindh irrigation department is seeking around 50pc more funds for its development programme under the provincial annual development plan…
Push for CPEC projects
FINANCE Minister Ishaq Dar’s growth agenda for the remaining tenure of the PML-N government seems to draw strength from the…
KP’s bias for social spending
EXCEPT for its bigger size and generous social-sector allocation, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government’s third budget for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa looks…
Subsidies for various sectors cut to Rs137.6bn
Islamabad: Under an agreement with the IMF, the government has reduced the size of subsidies being offered to various sectors…
Stocks down by 73 points
Karachi: The stock market witnessed a range bound session on Friday with the KSE-100 index closing down by 73.25 points…
Textile manufacturers disappointed
Lahore: The large-scale textile manufacturers on Friday rejected the budget for fiscal year 2015-16 as disappointing, saying that it did…
Pakistan increases military budget by a whopping 11%
Pakistan announced a massive 11 percent increase in its military budget earlier yesterday even as it continues to fight resilient…
Tax losses up 39pc despite withdrawal of exemptions
Islamabad: Despite a massive cut in tax exemptions this year, the total amount of foregone revenue on account of these…