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Mobile phone import drops by 10.8 pc in fiscal year 2012-2013

ISLAMABAD: The imports of mobile phones into the country declined by 10.8 percent during fiscal year 2012-13 over the same period of last year. According...

FlyGeorgia starts flights to Yerevan to Aktau Kazakhstan from second week of August

Tbilisi:  The FlyGeorgia airline is flying from next month flights to Yerevan and Aktau (Kazakhstan), reports Dispatch News Desk (DND). "FlyGeorgia which is based in...

PPP leader Raza Rabbani calls for lowering prices of petroleum products

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPP) leader Raza Rabbani has called for the lowering of prices of petroleum products. In a statement‚ he said most...

Saad announces 45 percent decrease in railway fares

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday announced 45 percent decrease in railway fares. Speaking at a press conference in Lahore on...

Punjab govt inks MoU with China to produce 2,400 MW electricity

LAHORE: The Punjab government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Power International (CPI) Holding Limited, a private company, for the setting...

SCB to issue new currency notes world Rs 135 billion before Eid

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SCB) has announced of issuing new currency notes world Rs 135 billion before Eid-ul-Fitr to meet demand of...

IMF’s conditions: govt drops Metro Bus projects for Karachi, Islamabad, bullet train

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led federal government has put on hold its mega initiatives of Metro Bus projects for Islamabad and Karachi and...

One of Yandex founders Ilya Segalovich (Илья Сегалович) dies at the age of 48

Moscow:  One of Yandex founders Ilya Segalovich (Илья Сегалович)  dies at the age of 48. Yandex is the largest search engine of Russia that released...

Federal cabinet allows Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan until 2015

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet on Thursday allowed Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan until 2015 and also approved 10-year extension in the quota of...

China imposes five-year ban on construction of government buildings

BEIJING: China has imposed a five-year ban on the construction of government buildings. The move comes as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping...

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