Lahore: The government has made 4-year rice export deal with Indonesia which will bailout the troubled sector and stabilise prices at home.Patron Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders Shahid Rasheed Butt has welcomed the decision and demanded more long and short term agreements with other countries to boost the rice sector which ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionExisting economic model is promoting disparity at a rapid pace:Shahid Rasheed Butt
Lahore: Patron Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders Shahid Rasheed Butt on Sunday said existing economic model has been hijacked by the elite which is promoting disparity at a rapid pace. The developed nations must unite to change the situation lest it result in unforeseen outcome as masses have lost faith ... Read More »
Poultry industry can help government to earn hefty foreign exchange:Mian Shahid
Lahore: Chairman of the United International Group Mian Shahid on Sunday said Rs 700 billion poultry industry can help government earn hefty foreign exchange. The sector providing jobs to million and catering for the protein needs of whole population deserves encouragement, he said. The prices of poultry should be brought ... Read More »
Masses subjected to double taxation to benefit elite: PEW
Lahore: The Pakistan Economy Watch on Sunday said government’s decision to put additional burden of Rs 110 billion on masses to build gas pipelines is highly discriminatory and illegal. Trillions have been collected under the head of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) to finance pipelines during the last six years ... Read More »
Bilal Yasin visits Sunday and Model Bazaars
Lahore: Provincial Minister for Food, Bilal Yasin has said that due to effective steps of the government, prices of edible items are under control and available to the people in abundance on affordable rates in Sunday and Model Bazaars. He said that due to government mechanism, daily use items are ... Read More »
Air Blue staff become rude on complaint
Lahore: Air Blue staff became rude on complaint of missing cash from the luggage According to a passenger A N jamal,he travelled from Karachi to Lahore on PA 408 on 28th of January .The flight landed around 11:30 to Lahore airport. When the luggage came to the belt instantly I ... Read More »
Pakistan no longer a no-go area for foreign investors: S M Muneer
Lahore: The United Business Group of FPCCI on Friday said government has improved security and investment climate and image of Pakistan which is attracting investors from all over the world. Government has successfully improved security situation, improved policies, triggered growth and provided incentives to investors which has improved confidence of ... Read More »
Local and foreign investors are showing interest in investment: Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha
Lahore: Provincial Minister for Finance Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha presided over second meeting of the committee with regard to enhancing local production at Civil Secretariat. Addressing the meeting, Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha said that after the international seminar regarding investment opportunities in Punjab, local and foreign investors including Turkey and ... Read More »
Khurram urges WTO to ensure speedy implementation of pending decisions
Lahore: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan had urged member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure speedy implementation of pending decisions to promote multilateral trade regime. “It is important for credibility of multilateral trade system that we focus on implementation and the real challenge is implementation of pending decisions”, ... Read More »
The operations team of PPMRP holds a video conference with the District Officers
Lahore: The operations team of Punjab Public Management Reform Program (PPMRP) held a video conference with the District Officers (Agriculture) of the province at Arfa Software Technology Park on Tuesday to review progress on the program. The meeting was attended among others by the Director General (Extension & A.R.) Punjab ... Read More »