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Provinces competing for development funds
In the terminal year of 7th National Finance Commission Award, the political competition for development among provincial governments is picking…
Reduction sought in power tariff
Government-run power distribution companies have sought 81 paisa per unit reduction in tariff on account of lower purchase cost of…
Microsoft’s Bing takes a back seat to Google
Microsoft Corp’s new chief executive, Satya Nadella says Bing powers 30 per cent of the Internet search market, making it…
Mango consignment found infested with fruit fly
Despite tall claims of the authorities concerned that mango would be exported to the European Union after taking all due…
KP Assembly okays Rs9.4bn for seven departments in KP budget
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly yesterday began the exercise to pass the budget for financial year 2014-15 after a four days…
NA passes budget easily, pays homage to Benazir
The government pushed its second budget through the National Assembly with ease on Saturday amid some gestures to the PPP…
Govt to offer PPL shares next week
The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) on Friday approved secondary public offering (SPO) of 70.05 million shares from the government…
Large-scale industrial sector expands by 2.6pc
Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) posted a growth of 2.69 per cent in April 2014 from a year ago, according to sectoral…
Global oil prices shoot up
Brent crude hit a nine-month high of more than $115 a barrel on Thursday as the United States said it…