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Pak-Turkey agree to negotiate on PTA in goods

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ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (APP): Pakistan and Turkey on Thursday discussed the proposed Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) in goods for promoting trade liberalization and enhancing bilateral trade. Both sides underscored the importance of early finalization of the PTA in goods which would open up new opportunities […]

Broadband subscribers reach 116 million

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ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (APP): The number of broadband subscribers has reached 116 million while the broadband penetration was recorded at 52.60 per cent by the end of April 2022. As per detail available on the official site of the PTA website, Pakistan has around 193 […]

African Union head to speak to Putin Friday in Russia

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Dakar, June 2 (AFP/APP): The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, will speak with President Vladimir Putin in the southwestern Russian city of Sochi on Friday, Dakar said. The visit is aimed at “freeing up stocks of cereals and fertilisers, the blockage […]

IT Ministry directs timely completion of all projects

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ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (APP): Ministry for Information Technology and Telecommunication has directed the heads of the attached departments of the Information Ministry to complete all the ongoing projects speedily and on time. The official of the ministry said that the minister for IT and telecommunications […]

Govt announces subsidy on hajj for low income citizens

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ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (APP): Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor on Thursday said that the incumbent government had announced sufficient subsidy approving Rs150,000 per person for the government Hajj scheme this year to facilitate middle and low income citizens. In an interview with […]

Fear of landslides haunts Brazil survivors

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Recife, Brazil, June 2 (AFP/APP): While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days. “We have children; we have all our things […]

Government measures strengthening the rupee

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KARACHI, JUNE 01 (Online): Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday said markets are responding positively to the government’s decision to increase the price of oil. […]

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