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Pakistan has shown slight improvement on the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The biennial report, published under the theme, Reducing Barriers to Economic Growth and Job Creation, sees considerable movement in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index’s 14 pillars in […]
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Wednesday approved exemption of all foreign and local components of the Karachi Circular Railway from imposition of general sales tax, customs duty and other federal levies in order to ensure financial viability of the project. To facilitate and accelerate the project of Karachi Circular Railways, Ministry […]
The opposition Pakistan Muslim league (PML-N) on Wednesday proposed three names for the caretaker Prime Minister, who will lead the interim setup after the dissolution of current assemblies on March 16. The opposition has proposed names in line with the constitutional provisions and the government will also share their names with the opposition. If […]
There is no let up in violence in Karachi as at least 10 people were killed in firing incidents in different part of the city on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. The violence gripped the city at a time when the Chief Justice was hearing a suo moto on the Abbas Town bomb […]
Secretary Election Commission, Ishtiaq Ahmed Wednesday said that schedule for the upcoming parliamentary elections will be announced later this month. The current assemblies will complete five-year term on March 16 and new elections should be held within two months after the dissolution in line with the constitution. Federal minister, Syed Khurshid Shah, has said […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday annulled the army court’s death penalty judgment to two civilians convict in suicide attack case on former military president Pervez Musharraf. The army court had turned life terms into death penalties of two civilians, Rana Naveed and Ameer Sohail, convicted in the case. Both had challenged the verdict in […]
Pakistan Peoples Party on Tuesday faced another political setback as senior leader from Balochistan, Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani formally joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N). Raisani announced his decision during a meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. Both leaders later appeared at a joint press conference. A 22-member delegation of political leaders from Balochistan […]
The imports gold during first seven months of current fiscal year surged by 31.87 percent as against the same period of last year, official statistics say. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in its data said Tuesday that the yellow metal weighing 2,282 kilogram worth of $123.382 million was imported during the period under review […]
The U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson Tuesday inaugurated phase-1 of the power house project in Tarbela, the project would produce 128 megawatts electricity U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson joined WAPDA Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah to recognize the completion of the U.S. – funded Tarbela Dam restoration project. The restoration of three generators at Tarbela adds […]
Unidentified armed men have kidnapped Balochistan assembly member, his family and the police said. Malik Sultan Tarin, who belongs to the Pashtoon nationalist “Awami National Party” (ANP) lost control with family members in Kuchlak, some 30 km from Quetta, the provincial capital. Tarin had left Quetta for Harnai area on Tuesday night on […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday, India media has reported. Coming at a time when ties between the two neighbours have hit a trough, not least because of the LoC flare up, the visit could provide India and Pakistan a much-needed opportunity to stem the decline in relations, The Times […]
Gunmen, riding on motorcycles, opened fire on the people in Karachi Monday evening, killing two persons and injuring over 22 others, doctors and police said. The miscreants also burnt an ambulance and damaged two others when they arrived to shift the injured at Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, police and residents said. Several buses […]
