A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) was held under the Chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in Islamabad on Thursday.The Cabinet Committee on Energy considered the report on the i...
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Jazz Tops PTA Complaint Charts Yet Again
Data from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revealed that Jazz leads the chart with 6,407 complaints, followed by Telenor as the second-most complaint about telecommunications operators with 5,149 complaints.Zong was third with 2,701 c...
Read More »PAC Unhappy With Finance Ministry’s Handling of COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) voiced its concerns regarding the Finance Ministry’s briefing on the Rs. 1,240 billion COVID-19 relief package, on Wednesday, after the ministry reportedly failed to satisfy the committee.During an audit briefing of ...
Read More »Pakistan to Present 6th Review to IMF Board Next Month
The government of Pakistan will present the sixth review of the authorities’ reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on 12 January 2022.According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance, Pa...
Read More »FBR Exempts Custom Duty on Import of 9 Items from Afghanistan
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exempted customs duty on the import of nine items including coal, marble, sulphur and containers from Afghanistan.The FBR has also exempted regulatory duty on the import of marble and reduced regulatory duty on im...
Read More »Pakistan’s First On-Demand Delivery Service Raises Investment
Pakistan’s first on-demand delivery marketplace, Batoor, has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-seed funding from Astore Partners.Based in the small village of Shahmansor, Swabi, Batoor was launched in January 2019 by Sanad Khan with only a meager sum...
Read More »SBP Responds to FIA Crackdown on Credit Cards Used for Cryptocurrency Trading
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is the appropriate authority to investigate illegal transactions in cryptocurrencies.Responding to queries raised by ProPakistani, an SBP spokesperson said in case ...
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