LAHORE: The Dubai immigration authorities have imposed a fine of 5,000 dirham on PIA for allowing a woman passenger to reach there on her son’s passport...
The Dubai immigration deported her on a flight the following day and imposed a fine of 5,000 Dirham on Pakistan’s flag carrier...
NEW DELHI: India has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates that will allow it to settle trade in rupees instead of dollars, boosting India’s efforts to cut transaction costs by eliminating dollar conversions...
During a visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UAE on Saturday, the two countries also agreed to set up a real-time payment link to facilitate easier cross-border money transfers...
NEW DELHI: India and the United Arab Emirates have started settling bilateral trade in their local currencies with India’s top refiner making payment in rupees for purchase of a million barrels of oil from the Middle Eastern nation, the Indian government said on Monday...
Indian Oil Corp made payment to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), according to a statement issued by Indian embassy in UAE...
KARACHI: Utter neglect towards marine pollution costs Pakistan billions of rupees every year that includes the huge expenditures the country incurs on account of vessel repair and maintenance, as constant flow of untreated toxic effluent towards the sea has doubled (metal) corrosion rate...
Today, marine life is extinct because the harbour has become one hundred per cent polluted,” Mr Chandna said while referring to a study according...
BRUSSELS: More central banks in Europe revealed plans on Tuesday to hold yuan as part of their foreign currency reserves, highlighting the Chinese currency’s rise into an elite league of the world’s major reserve currencies...
The Bank of Spain said it was considering an investment in the yuan, the National Bank of Belgium said has already bought around 200 million euros ($244...
We are quick to haggle with the daily-wage owner and the man who sells fruits at the corner shop, not truly understanding that the small profit he makes is essential to his survival...
Think for a moment about the man whose salary 10 years ago was Rs9,000 and today is Rs12,500
KARACHI: Some three armed robbers stormed a private microfinance bank in the old city’s Kharadar area on Tuesday, held security guards and staff at gunpoint and took away more than half a million rupees as the bank management allegedly had not followed the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent such robberies, police said...
“One of the security guards and a few staffers of the bank have been taken into custody only for...
KANDAHAR: A senior Afghan police official regarded as one of the country's most powerful men has banned the use of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) in the key southern province of Kandahar...
The rupee has been widely used in Afghanistan's eastern and southern provinces bordering Pakistan...
Centaurus Mall is one of Islamabad's hottest attractions...
Yet the mall's management caused a roar on social media when it announced on Thursday that the mall would enforce an entry fee of Rs
UMERKOT: The district inquiry committee formed by the provincial government to probe corruption in the Umerkot health department released its report on the occasion of the World Anti-Corruption Day on Wednesday, unveiling massive corruption running into billions of rupees, mismanagement and violation of laws and demanding action against the culprits...
It found during investigation into the dumped medicines stark violation of the...
ISLAMABAD: After securing a clean chit from the judicial inquiry commission into rigging in the 2013 elections, the government has released details of the losses it claims Pakistan suffered due to the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) demonstrations last year...
The detailed information gathered from various sectors under the guidance of Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar claims that the country was...
HYDERABAD: Officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seized assets, including prize bonds, worth millions of rupees and documents of immoveable properties also worth millions of rupees, in a raid on the residence of a grade-16 official of the education department, Bachu Mal, here late on Saturday evening, according to a NAB press release...
Gilgit-Baltistan produces about 120,650 tons of almonds per year and their export can yield billions of rupees for farmers...
Healthy eating of organic and fresh fruits like almonds, and having ideal natural environment are reasons for the highest life expectancy of the GB people in Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) is facing over 3,000 cases of litigation involving hundreds of billions of rupees, including some related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, mainly because of alleged mass-scale irregularities and controversial award of contracts...
It has been observed that the authority is facing such an ample amount of litigations despite it has an army of over 150 consultants who...
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday told the Senate that over a billion rupees were spent on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's international trips during his third term in office...
In a written report presented to the upper house on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's request, the foreign minister stated that Sharif's 64 international tours during his third term as the head of the state set back the exchequer by Rs1...