Iconic photo In the interbank exchange market, the dollar has become 275 rupees 30 paise. In the open market, the price of the dollar remains at 283 rupees. The continuous increase in the value of the US dollar has broken the back of the Pakistani rupee. The dollar has become more expensive today by one…
Signing of double taxation avoidance agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan According to the FBR announcement, the third round of talks was held between the delegations of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the FBR. In the talks, the consensus draft of Pakistan and Afghanistan was agreed. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’);…
Photo: Railway Department Lahore: Federal Minister of Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq has said that the entire ticketing system of the Railways will be moved to Kontakt app, which will increase the profit by 5 to 7 percent. Addressing the ceremony of introducing the automatic booking and travel assistant app “Rabatta”, Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja…
Urea sales up 3% in January, DAP sales down 13% Photo: File Islamabad: In the first six months of the current financial year, imports of fully manufactured cars recorded a decline of 66 percent on an annualized basis. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, 108.453 million dollars of foreign exchange was spent on car…
In the official rate list, rice, pulses, besan are expensive from 25 to 75 rupees. Photo: File Lahore: The increase in the prices of food items is continuing while the price of first and second grade oil in the open market recorded an increase from 71 to 102 rupees respectively during one month. Different prices…
Stopping imports will do more harm than good, and may lead to a big drop in production. Photo: Social Media Karachi: Pakistan can get out of economic crisis with the help of BPO. The Pakistani rupee’s biggest drop against the dollar on Wednesday, January 25, brought back memories of the British pound sterling crisis on…
(Image: Internet) Virginia: A book taken out of a library in the US was returned almost 43 years later. The Newport News Public Library in the US state of Virginia said in an Instagram post that the unusual discovery was recently made in the ‘return drop box’ at the library’s Grissom Library branch. AJP Taylor’s…
—File photo The continuous increase in the value of the US dollar has broken the back of the Pakistani rupee, but now the dollar has started to fall. Today, the US dollar started the business week more expensive but started to get cheaper during trading. After depreciating by 2 rupees 58 paisa, the dollar has…
The Islamabad administration has banned smoking and carrying garbage or plastic bags on visitors to Margalla Hills. The Additional District Magistrate of Islamabad has issued a ban notification for those going to Margalla Hills, which will be applicable for the next two months from today. The notification states that under Section 144, there will be…
Anti-government protests are being held in Iran: Photo: File Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced amnesty to thousands of people arrested in anti-government protests. The Guardian report, citing an Iranian news agency, said that the amnesty granted by the Iranian Supreme Leader would not apply to prisoners with dual citizenship in Iran….
