Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) traced the human smugglers who had abducted four Pakistanis in Turkey. Two of them were arrested from Gujranawala. The human smugglers identified as Afzal and Sohail, both brothers, were resident of Gujranwala, FIA sourc

The former President Asif Zardari said the former Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer laid down his life six years ago to protect minorities and vulnerable sections of society against misuse of religion based laws and we pay homage to his memory. In his messag

Both the Central Punjab and South Punjab chapters of Pakistan Peoples Party have finalised the schedule of visits for Bilawal Bhutto in Punjab, said PPP Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira. He was addressing a press conference at the residence of PPP South

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI)'s former Joint Secretary Punjab and ticket holder from NA-97 Gujranwala Dr Zain Ali Bhatti called on Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi at his residence here on Tue

The Punjab police have demanded a sum of Rs 503 million from the provincial government for the completion of four under-construction Dolphin Force divisional headquarters, DSP Dolphin Force Shahzad Rafique told Business Recorder. "In January 2016,

Punjab Agriculture Department has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Nestle Pakistan for agricultural sustainability including Chaunsa Mango sector and Water Resource Management. For the Chaunsa project Nestle Pakistan shall take on board

The Institute of Engineers-Pakistan (IEP) and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have decided to hold a day-long seminar in March 2017 in the provincial metropolis on the CPEC (China-Pak Economic Corridor) project related issues. According

A delegation led by Country Director World Bank Patchamuthu Illangovan met Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, here Tuesday. Co-operation in water sector especially programme of provision of clean drinking water was discussed in the meeting.

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that CPEC has become an acknowledged fact and projects were being set up under CPEC throughout the country. He said that speedy completion of CPEC projects is priority of the government and these projects woul

Four passengers died and seven injured this morning when a speeding passenger van skidded off the road on Charsadda motorway when the driver lost control. The van was on its way from Mardan to Peshawar. The accident happened not far from River Kabul.

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued show cause notice to a Lahore-based real estate company, Vision Developers (Pvt) Limited, for prima facie deceptively marketing a housing scheme in the name of 'Park View Villas' without obtaining ap

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will charge 19 percent sales tax (17 percent sales tax plus two percent further tax) on supply of software to unregistered persons. In this regard, the FBR has issued a sales tax clarification to the Chief Commissioners

KP Governor Engr Iqbal Zafar Jhagra while presiding over the second meeting of the FATA Development Council (FDC) at Governor's House, Peshawar on Tuesday has approved various projects with an estimated cost of Rs 2 billion for rehabilitation of IDPs and

The Prime Minister's Secretariat has shown serious concerns over the slow progress of RLNG 1200 MMCFD Pipeline Augmentation Project being undertaken by gas utilities - Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Tuesday escaped from a big terrorist attack as two militants are arrested from Battagram. The terrorists named Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz Ullah have been arrested by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Hazara region. Both of them

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Bahrain and the visit of King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa in March 2014 was a landmark visit which opened new avenues of bilateral co-operation between

A joint meeting of Senate Functional Committee on Devolution and Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Co-ordination unanimously recommended to immediately establishing an independent and permanent secretariat of the Council of Common Interests (C

Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) Shahid Ashraf Tarar claimed on Tuesday that public money to the tune of Rs 300 billion has been saved through a comprehensive reform initiative taken to prevent malpractice in public procurement.

The Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue (IR) has unearthed a chain of fake and flying invoices involving an importer/exporter of Gujranwala and his beneficiaries in Karachi for availing fraudulent adjustment of sales tax o

Board of Directors of Employers' Federation of Pakistan (EFP) unanimously elected Majyd Aziz as President and Zaki Ahmed Khan as Vice President for 2017-19. Majyd Aziz is former president of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and former chairman of

Acting upon the unchecked irregularities in Sindh health department, Sindh chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday has asked minister health to remove all the doctors working as project directors of different projects. "It was quite surprising for m

Realising the losses suffered by exporters after the Brexit, the federal government has assured horticultural exporters to help overcome losses. Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research, Sikandar Hayat Bosan has assured the exporters of hor

Winter Tree Plantation campaign inaugurated by Professor Dr Mujeebuddin Sehrai, Vice Chancellor Sindh Agricultural University, Tandojam, by planting a tree at University Hostels, an extensive Tree Plantation was organized, by Hostel Provost. Talking to in

Jubilee Life Insurance, the leading private sector life insurance provider in the country, has been awarded Brands of the Year Award for 2015-2016 in the life insurance industry. The much-awaited awards ceremony was held recently at Grand Convention Marqu

The Mayor Hyderabad Syed Tayyab Hussain has said that payment of all outstanding dues to retired and deceased employees is the responsibility of the management of Hyderabad Metropolitan Corporation (HMC) and all out efforts are under way to provide relief

The Pakistan Association of Printing and Graphic Arts Industry (PAPGAI) has demanded of National Tariff Commission (NTC) to withdraw its decision to impose anti-dumping duty on offset printing ink immediately. "This decision will encourage smuggling parti

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has recommended a 'One-time Amnesty Scheme' aimed at utilisation of hidden liquid assets in the mainstream of the economy to stop the flight of capital from Pakistan.

The Met Office on Tuesday forecast dense fog, rainfall and snowfall for the most parts of the country in the next 24 hours. It said that rain with snowfall is expected over the hills at scattered places of Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Rawalpindi Gu

"So take the worst case scenario and assume that Javed Hashmi is telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so why didn't the army court martial the disgruntled officers who wanted the Sharifs out, and why did Mian sahib kick out Mushahi

An appellate bench of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has set aside an investigation into the affairs of National Testing Service (NTS) and remanded the matter to the SECP Executive Director (CCD-Regulation) for giving an opportu

Responding to statements of Chief Minister Sindh and Spokesman for the Sindh government, reportedly made during the meeting of Apex Committee in Karachi, alleging the federal government of not fulfilling its responsibilities vis-à-vis implementation of th

Transparency and not demagnetisation of Rs 5000 notes is the only effective instrument to deal with black money and corruption in the economy. This was stated by former advisor to Prime Ministers on Finance Dr Hafeez Pasha and Dr Salman Shah while talking

Commerce Minister, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan is said to have set aside the recommendations of Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) on sugar export quantity by slashing it by 50,000 tons to 250,000 tons from 300,000 tons, well-informed sources told Business R