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  If the African swarm hits in July Pakistan, standing crops of cotton and rice will be damaged badly as we are not fully prepared: REAP former chairman   M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: In order to effectively combat the likely…

M Jahangir Hayat Lahore: The Auto Spare Parts market at the Montgomery Road Lahore has suffered an estimated over Rs 1.5 billion loss during the COVID-19 lockdown, while over 50 thousand businessmen and workers are sitting idle in their…

Principal accused says he was only a front man of high-ups and union leader for selling jobs, postings, promotions, increment and made scapegoat with 11 others lower grade staff By M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: In a mega millions of rupees…

“Provide interest-free capital with a government guarantee for the revival of the retail sector so that retailers can resume their business and play a key role in saving the country from the expected storm of unemployment”

By K A Mian LAHORE: As many as 3,454 Union Councils (UCs) of Punjab would be completely dissolved from May 1, 2020, under the Punjab Local Government (PLC) Act, 2013 and continued under section 316 (2) of PLC Act, 2019, said the…

Experts urge authorities to be ultra vigilant amid cash disbursement among the needy families By K A Mian LAHORE: Around 12million poorest families hailing from all over the country are likely to be exposed to COVID-19 as the people…

By K A Mian LAHORE: The Punjab Government has launched mobile Apps (application) ‘Insaf Imdad’ for distribution of financial aid worth Rs10 billion among 2.5million needy families through a foolproof mechanism, The Business has learnt here…

By K M Mian LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has decided to install 711,265 smart water meters in Lahore in order to control water scarcity threat, conservation of water and minimise water pumping cost, Daily The Business has…

By K A Mian LAHORE: The Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP) has added yet another feature to its cap after the establishment of the centralized 'Data Center' in order to maintain the security of data and improve effective connectivity…

By K A Mian LAHORE: As many as 2,543 officers of the governments and supposes some of them have been removed from the list of the beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) by the BISP Headquarters, Daily The Business …

Habib Bank Limited is at top of list among banks, MCB Bank comes second M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) imposed staggering over Rs1351 million monetary penaltyon 16 banks for committing violation in the…

Total does not reflects slight reduction after govt pays Rs3.999 trillion in servicing in 15 months by Q1FY20 "If the government spends about Rs4trillion for total debt and liabilities servicing where does remaining about Rs7.61trillion go…

PM Imran Khan takes notice, sought the report and vowed action against responsible By K A Mian LAHORE: Around three critical patients died, and many others critical patients left unattended as an outside protest of lawyers at the Punjab…

RSTI remains open for 12 hrs daily for providing training to drivers: Shabana Kausar By K A Mian LAHORE: As many as 250 citizens including 90 females have been trained as a driver in all 17th Road Safety Training Courses’ across Pakistan…

M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The Customs Internal Audit Director, who cried foul over Customs’ officers corruption causing revenue losses of over Rs 60 billion in gold case, has filed a complaint on PM’s Citizen Portal against the portal…

M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Friday transfered the wistleblower, director of Customs Internal Audit Lahore who pursued gold cases involving revenue loss over Rs 60 billion in which FTO recommended…

By K A Mian LAHORE: The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Punjab (CPWB) on Wednesday foiled a bid to  abuse a child when an employee of bureau was about to abuse the child within the premises of its Lahore office during late night hours…

M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held at the PC Hotel in Lahore the other day. Provincial Minister for Education Murad Rass and the Finance Minister…

Islamabad: A new mega financial corruption scandal of billions of rupees was surfaced in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), sources revealed. The inner sources have revealed that the Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi has decided to handover some…

Around 100 head injuries patients treated in emergency daily, vows to protect Pakistani youth; PINS Executive Director By K A Mian LAHORE: The Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS) has been undertaking over 8,000 elective and…

Full-fledged campaign launched to protect, prevent child sexual abuse, says Sarah Ahmed By K A Mian LAHORE: The Child Protection & Welfare Bureau (CP&WB) Chairperson Ms Sarah Ahmad has said utmost efforts are underway…

By Javed Iqbal LAHORE: The Board of Revenue (BOR) has shown great achievement by meeting revenue collection target as pilferage of money have been blocked by introducing online system. The incumbent Senior Member BOR (SMBR) Shokat Ali has…

Position holders awarded with cash prizes, medals and certificates By K A Mian LAHORE: The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) on Monday announced that 71.75 candidates passed the matriculation annual examination…

1 - Mohsin Nawaz won National Rifle Association (NRA) Championship Long Range for first time for Pakistan last year 2 - He is sent to jail on judicial remand Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The passenger from whom over 4600 bullets of…

By Javed Iqbal LAHORE: The Punjab government has finally approved and notified the Industrial Strategy and Skills Strategy, 2019 to help the speedy establishment of manufacturing units in the province. For the first time, the investors…

By Javed Iqbal Lahore: Despite earmarking three billion rupees as block allocation for the establishment of Mini- Secretariat for South Punjab, the provincial administration is still facing multiple issues to materialize the Pakistan…

By Javed Iqbal LAHORE: The parent department of the Punjab Board of Technical Education (PBTE) has ordered a fresh probe against an officer who was earlier dismissed from service. The officer had challenged the departmental order in the…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was taken to a Rawalpindi hospital after a drop in his sugar level and blood pressure. The former president, who remains under the custody of National Accountability…

Dr Jawwad directs collectors to carry out surveys to identify storage places, told Central Region collects Rs 160 billion all duty and taxes in 10-month M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: Member Customs (Operations) Dr. Jawwad Uwais Agha…

Earlier, HBL has to wind up New York branch and make payment of $225 for AML violation M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FRBNY") has informed that the Written Agreement dated 02 July 2018 (WA-2018),…