OKARA: Burning of used tyres as fuel at brick kilns and absence of treatment plants in industrial units is causing environment pollution in the district, while the officials responsible for checking these illegal practices are not bothered...
As old tyres are considered a low-cost fuel, these are illegally used in brick kilns, small manufacturing units, barbers’ saloons (for heating water in winter) etc, contributing to air pollution...
KARACHI: General Tyre and Rubber Company Limited (GTR) has introduced tubeless motorcycle tyres for the first time in Pakistan...
GTR said some of the advantages of tubeless tyres are its easy maintenance, longer life and safe driving at night with family as there are remote chances of puncture and slow air loss in case of puncture...
A protest erupted in Karachi's Saddar area on Friday night after a 10-year-old boy went missing from the area, eyewitnesses and officials said, as the country remains on edge after the emergence of a spate of child sexual abuse and murder cases...
4bn at the floor price of Rs47 per shareRegardless of Covid-19, share prices across the globe and in the home market are going through the roof...
But with all the money chasing just a dozen bluechips on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the investors’ appetite for quality fresh offerings is insatiable...
KARACHI: Chinese tyres have captured 85 per cent of market share in Pakistan — a substantial 45pc increase from two years ago, importers said on Monday...
Back in 2018, Chinese car tyres held 40pc of the market share which has since increased to 85pc...
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...
According to him, the Pakistan Navy alone incurs a loss of Rs1bn annually on vessel repair and maintenance as (metal) corrosion rate owing to...
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...
Only on July 20, armed robbers took away three million rupees from the Gulshan-i-Iqbal branch of a...
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...
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...