PESHAWAR: A duo of mechanical engineers in Peshawar have invented a way to combine geyser and cooking stove in a product which if commercialized on a bigger scale can be a bliss for areas faced with power outages and energy problems, especially in winter...
The product, which was recently registered by the Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO), Pakistan, was quite suitable for the areas with no or less power where wood or solid...
LAHORE: Joint efforts of the pharmaceutical industry and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to ensure availability of affordable, quality drugs in the country had improved access of patients to several critical drugs, including thyroxine and anti-TB drugs, the Pharma Bureau and the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufa-cturers Association (PPMA) said on Wednesday...
“This means (that the additional burden of price hike) is over...
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar invited leading French automobile manufacturers to set up their automobile manufacturing plants in Pakistan...
Dar offered the invitation during his meeting with French automobile manufacturers Renault and Peugeot, in Paris on Wednesday...
LAHORE: The large-scale textile manufacturers on Friday rejected the budget for fiscal year 2015-16 as disappointing, saying that it did not contain any measure to help them reduce their cost of doing business and become competitive in the global markets...
Speaking at a news conference, All Pakistan Textile Manufacturers Association (Aptma) Chairman S...
SIALKOT: Sports goods manufacturers and exporters on Friday demanded a special incentives package for the Sialkot-based industry, with special focus on setting up a ‘football village’ with training and development facilities...
Meeting a group of journalists, leading manufacturers and exporters from the north-eastern city in Punjab said the sports goods industry is in dire need of government patronage...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Hunting and Sporting Arms Development Company (PHSADC) will establish a modern common facility training centre (CFTC) for upgrading of hunting and sporting arms manufacturing industry of Peshawar and Darra Adamkhel...
This CFTC will be the first of its kind in the country’s history equipped with latest machinery and equipments keeping in view the needs of hunting and sporting arms manufacturing industry of...
Senior officials said they had planned a campaign against food manufacturers, outlets and eateries not using the iodised salt...
“We have given a month’s time to the food manufacturers, hotels and shop owners to process or use iodised salt otherwise legal action will be taken against them,” said Dr Aijaz...
ISLAMABAD: The tobacco manufacturers are lobbying to stop the implementation of the government decision to have pictorial warning on 85 per cent of cigarette packets...
At a meeting held on Thursday evening, the tobacco growers, manufacturers and other stakeholders spent hours to convince Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Saira Afzal Tarar that the decision on the pictorial warning was not in the best interest of the...
ISLAMABAD: Cable and wire manufacturers have demanded tax exemptions similar to ones offered to Chinese and other importers...
The local manufacturers who have approached the government include Allied Industries (Pvt), Ltd, Atta Cables (Pvt), Ltd, Eagle Cables (Pvt), Ltd, Fast Cable Ltd, H...
KARACHI: Fertiliser manufacturers have asked the government to extend the urea export deadline to December, which will help them dispose of their surplus production...
The government allowed local manufacturers to export 300,000 tonnes of urea by the end of April...
ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturers on Thursday expressed concerns over cheap imports — mainly from China — rendering many Pakistani industries out of business while anti-dumping cases are not being processed as the National Tariff Commission (NTC) has been non-functional since 2009...
A meeting of local manufacturers – held under the aegis of Organisation for Advancement and Safeguard of Industrial Sector (Oasis) – belonging to various...
KARACHI: Only one to two per cent of all drugs manufactured in Pakistan are in short supply in the market and the price increase under `hardship cases’ is also`very nominal’, senior executives of multinational companies claimed on Friday...
Talking to reporters at the Pharma Bureau Office on Friday, Vice President and CEO of GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan M...
In its letter, the Pakistan Young Pharmacists Association (PYPA) said the exports which stood at $200 million in 2013 came down to $167 million in year 2014 and the decline seems continuing...
A Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) confided that data in the Economic Survey of Pakistan released on June 4 and a recent report of the State Bank of Pakistan confirms the trend...
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a workshop here on Wednesday urged the manufacturers to focus on the capacity building of their employees, especially the managerial staff, to attain sustainable training through modern technology...
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that it is "doing its best to assist" Pakistan International Airline (PIA) in evaluating the current condition of its ATR aircraft fleet, and the final decision lies with PIA and the original manufacturers (OEM) of the aircraft to determine whether its engines are cleared for operation or not...