PCB announces Men’s central contract list 2021-22

LAHORE, Following the Governing Board’s approval of the 2021-22 fiscal year’s budget, Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced an enhanced and performance-based central contract list 2021-22 for 20 elite men cricketers, including three emerging cricketers, in which match fee across all formats has been equalised. […]

Outcomes of 63rd PCB BoG meeting

LAHORE, The Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board which met through a virtual conference call Thursday took important decisions. This was their 63rd meeting overall and the third one held this year, said a spokesman of the PCB here. Following are some of […]

CPI inflation decelerates to 9.7% on YoY basis

ISLAMABAD, The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based monthly inflation decelerated to 9.7 percent on year-on-year (YoY) basis during the month of June 2021, from 10.9 percent during May 2021, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. On month-on-month (MoM) basis, it decreased by 0.2% in June […]

SBP reserves increase $13m to $16,119.4m

ISLAMABAD, The Foreign exchange reserve held by the State Bank of Pakistan has increased by US $13 million to US $16,119.4 million during the week ending on June 25, 2021, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday. The total liquid foreign reserves held by […]

Cement export increase 4.57%, reaches $253.584m in 11 months

ISLAMABAD, The exports of cement from the country witnessed an increase of 4.57 percent during the first eleven months of financial year 2020-21, against the exports of the corresponding period of last year. The cement exports from the country were recorded at $253.584 million during […]

CPJ urges India to probe attack on journalist Pateshwari Singh

NEW YORK, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, Thursday called on Indian authorities in Uttar Pradesh to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the assault of journalist Pateshwari Singh and ensure that those responsible are held to account. “The brazen […]

Govt disburses Rs71,938 million for water projects in FY 2020-21

ISLAMABAD, The government has disbursed a sum of Rs71,938.355 million for various water resource projects under annual Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in last fiscal year 2020-21. According to the data of Planning Commission, an amount of Rs71,734.046 million was allocated for various water resource […]

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