CPEC projects progressing fast under present govt: Asad Umar

KARACHI – Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Sunday said the projects under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were progressing with fast pace during the tenure of incumbent government. The way government handled pandemic situation and made efforts to contain the spread […]

Police arrest five suspects in ATC judge murder case

Police have registered a first information report (FIR) of the assasination of a Swat Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge with his three family members at the Swabi Interchange on Islamabad-Peshwar Motorway. The case was registered on a complaint of the judge’s son at Chota Lahore police […]

Sindh minister wants ban on inter-provincial transport

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Monday demanded to ban inter-provincial transport including air and rail from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid a sharp increase of COVID-19 cases. Coronavirus can rapidly increase in Sindh if people continue to commute from Punjab and KP, Ghani said […]

ADB approves $300 million loan to build hydropower plant in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan has obtained another loan as this time Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300 million loan to finance the construction of a 300-megawatt hydropower plant that will increase the share of clean energy in Pakistan and improve the country’s energy security.  In last week, the International Monetary […]

Oil up over hopes of extension of current output cuts

Oil prices increased on Wednesday over hopes that major oil producers of OPEC+ will keep production levels unchanged for May and despite estimates of a build in US inventories. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $64.52 per barrel at 0620 GMT for a 0.54% increase after […]

FIFA warns Pakistan of suspension over ‘undue interference’

LAHORE – FIFA, the world’s football governing body, has warned Pakistan of possible suspension if the illegitimate occupation of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) headquarters not be lifted and the office bearers recognised by FIFA not be permitted free access to the building by at 8:00 […]

27-player women emerging camp to begin on April 3

LAHORE-As many as 27 women cricketers will undergo skills and fitness training at the Moin Khan Academy in Karachi in the emerging women’s camp, which begins on April 3. According to PCB spokesman here on Tuesday, over the course of the 14-day camp, these 27 players will […]

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