The Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) wants to increase the gas tariff from Rs. 78.95 per MMBTU to Rs. 822.25 per MMBTU for the financial year 2020-2021, a national daily reported. The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) will hold a meeting today (Monday) in this regard amidst strong criticism from the All Pakistan

Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement implementation level of Pakistan has reached 79% this month from 34% in June 2018. In a tweet, he said that it is greater than India, Bangladesh and average of all WTO countries. The Advior

Ministry of Maritime Affairs in collaboration with Bank of Punjab and Kamyab Jawan Programme, would launch a major initiative for fishermen community, in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s vision of Blue Economy. This was stated by Minister for Maritime Affairs, Ali Haider Zaidi in press release in Islamabad today (Monday). The Minister said fishermen

Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) lauds Capital Development Authority (CDA) for initiating development work in several markets of Islamabad. President ICCI, Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, leading a delegation visited F-6 Markaz and congratulated the newly elected office bearers of Traders Welfare Association, Super Market, Islamabad. Speaking at the occasion, Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan

Under the directions of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to kick start operations at the Gwadar Port, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken the initiative which resulted in the arrival of the first fish carrier containing 200 tons of fish from international waters at Gwadar. The fish will be shipped to China in

According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), approximately 838,770 metric tons of rice worth $499.485 million was exported during the first four months of the current financial year as compared to the exports of 1,176,228 metric tons worth $633.797 million in the corresponding period last year. This data showed that Pakistan’s

Financial restructuring of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is well on the way and would be finalized soon, Business Recorder reported on Friday, quoting PIA CEO, Air Marshal Arshad Malik. He said that the PIA’s revenue has increased, and the previous two months (September and October) have seen positive gross earnings. Furthermore, he remarked that the efforts made

Islamia University Bahawalpur’s department of plant breeding and genetics has successfully evolved three new cotton varieties of IUB-13, IUB-222 and MM-58. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Dr Athar Mahboob told our Radio Pakistan Bahawalpur Correspondent that the university is continuing its research and soon will evolve another cotton variety IUB-4 which will be resistant

Russia-Pakistan Technical Committee on North South Gas Pipeline Project held third meeting in Islamabad to discuss the mutual cooperation for the development of the project. According to joint press statement by the committee, the meeting discussed the broad contours and parameters of the Project involving construction of a high pressure gas transmission pipeline from Port