Lahore : Muhammad Javed Anwar, Chairman, Ministry of Railways, had a genial meeting with a delegation from General Electric (GE), USA on Thursday at Ministry of Railways. In June 2017, an indenture was awarded to GE for supply of 20 locomotives of 2000 horse power, in Complete Build Unit (CBU) ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionFPCCI Signed MoU with Guangzhou General Chamber,China for Trade Promotion
Lahore : Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Vice President& Regional Chairman Ch. Arfan Yousaf has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guangzhou General Chamber of Commerce during visit of FPCCI Delegation to Canton Fair Guangzhou. The MoU was signed by Vice President and Regional Chairman FPCCI, ... Read More »
Abdul Hameed Razi is appointed acting CEO Pakistan Railways
Lahore : Additional General Manager Traffic Abdul Hameed Razi ( A grade 21 officer of Commercial and Transportation ) has been given the charge of CEO Pakistan Railways. He will look after the duties of CEO as an addition . A notification has been issued in this regard. The CEO ... Read More »
Minister Finance dismissed critics upon fuel price rise
Lahore : Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr Miftah Ismail Tuesday said the criticism by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership on the petroleum prices was unjustified. The minister, in a statement here, said the prices of petroleum products, even after the recent raise, were still lower than ... Read More »
Government should develop trust of Taxpayers : FPCCI
Lahore : Government should develop trust of Taxpayers as Tax collection are revenues for country prosperity, health, education and other basic facilities awareness seminars and Workshops should be priority. Tax Submission process should be simplified and business friendly Instead of harassing Business Community. Trade Deficit needs to be control which ... Read More »
New Islamabad Airport will be operational on May 3
Lahore : The operationalization of new Islamabad international airport has been rescheduled to May 3 with an aim to do more tests and trials for improving reliability and efficiency of systems, Deputy Director General of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Amir Mehboob said on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference here ... Read More »
PM inaugurates Neelum Jhelum Power Project
Lahore : Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday inaugurated the much-awaited Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project to inject 969 megawatt of electricity to national grid as a historic milestone to meet country’s growing power needs. After unveiling the plaque, he made the first unit of the project functional by pressing a ... Read More »
Pakistan Railways restores Mehran Express
Lahore : Mehran Express ,the train that connected interior Sindh for long time , has been restored by Pakistan Railways . The Mehran Express has been included in the Summer schedule of the trains which would be left for his journey from Karachi to Mirpur Khas on 13th of April. ... Read More »
Tax Amnesty Scheme to help expand tax net : Haroon Akhtar
Lahore : Prime Minister’s Assistant on Revenue Haroon Akhtar Khan said on Friday that Tax Amnesty Scheme was a big breakthrough and it would help expand tax net as collection of revenue had always been remained under pressure due to various reasons. He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of ... Read More »
Economic growth not possible without political stability : Economic Advisory Council
Lahore : The newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) met here on Thursday. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired the meeting. In his opening remarks, the Prime Minister said the Council had been reconstituted and assigned the task to suggest possible measures for improvement in the economy, especially in the ... Read More »