Karachi - The State Bank of Pakistan extended agri loans tenor from three to five years for Small and Rural Enterprises under the Credit Guarantee Scheme to facilitate eligible farmers for purchase of tractors and other agri implements, says a circular letter addressed to all banks and micro ...

lahore - Chairman FBR Ansar Javed has taken serious notice of malpractice in levy of duties and taxes under amnesty scheme at NLC dry port, Thokhar Niaz Baig, Lahore. FBR chairman while talking to APP here Friday said that he would take to task all the inefficient officers and corrupt officials. ...

LONDON (Reuters): A scheme to get more credit flowing in Britain's stagnant economy will be expanded to include specialist lenders and will run for a year longer than planned. The BoE and the Treasury have been working on plans to extend Funding for Lending  scheme, and the newspaper said an ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - Residents of Chak-31 of Malikwal tehsil have urged the Punjab government to get the land, which was allocated for the homeless by the former PML-N’s Punjab government, retrieved from the land mafia. Sohail Sandhu, a notable, said the grazing ground spreads over an area of 56 ...

Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik on Monday asked India to reconsider suspending new visa regime for elderly persons as this process was initiated to facilitate citizens of both the countries."I would request Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh and my Indian counterpart, Sushilkumar Shinde to ...

After many years of speculating that they have three million tax dodgers, out of a population of 190 Million, within their cross hairs, the FBR has finally come up with a new scheme to capture these tax dodgers. Pakistan is the 6th most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of ...

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI – The PPP government has offered a lucrative scheme to ‘swindlers, plunderers, smugglers and corruption monsters’ to whiten their black money, the sources said on Friday.As per the economic observers, the plan is simple enough: invest in stocks, pay tax and get ...

LONDON : Britain's government was accused this week of introducing "slave labour" through a scheme that can see unemployed youngsters lose their benefits if they quit a work experience placement.The ten-month-old voluntary programme, part of Prime Minister David Cameron's welfare reforms, is ...

LAHORE – Hearts of Sindhis beat with their Punjabi brethren. Hearts of Sindhi people are large for their Punjabi brethren. The steps taken by the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif are not only unique with regard to the transparency but also worth emulating for other provinces. Aashiyana ...

LAHORE – The Punjab government has so far distributed only 4,800 yellow cabs among the selected candidates against the target to handover 20,000 vehicles by the month of March, The Nation has learnt. An official of the provincial government told this scribe on Monday that completion of the ...

ISLAMABAD   – Applications are invited for the grant of interest free loans to students for pursuing graduation, post-graduation, M.Phil and Ph.D studies within Pakistan in approved subjects in public sector institutions for the session 2011-2012.According to the announcement, the ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - The kitchen gardening scheme remained greatly successful in the district and those who had sown vegetables by getting seed kits provided on subsidised rate by the Agriculture Department were using vegetables and were saving their money. EDO Agriculture Ch Khalid Mahmood said this ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER NANKANA SAHIB - Yellow Cabs Scheme is getting slow momentum due to sluggish processing of successful and nominated candidates data by Punjab Bank Headquarters, it is learnt here Wednesday. Unfortunately, candidates from Lahore division who applied for Yellow Cab Scheme and ...

GUJRAT - A fraudster has looted scores of citizens and businessmen by cheating them on the promise to provide monthly profits and left the country after plundering Rs 2 billion, TheNation has learnt. One Haji Rizwan had introduced the same business as Double Shah of Wazirabad had brought in ...

LAHORE (APP) - The Punjab government is formally launching the Punjab Rozgaar Scheme with an allocation of Rs 4.5 billion from August 14. Announcement in this regard will be made by PML-N President Nawaz Sharif at a public meeting to be held on the evening of August 13 at Minar-e-Pakistan in ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is likely to launch Pakhtunkhwa Hunarmand Rozgar Scheme in the current month of August. The scheme would be launched in a special ceremony by the Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, sources told. The scheme was announced in the ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government is likely to launch Pakhtunkhwa Hunarmand Rozgar Scheme in the ongoing month - August - in a special ceremony. The Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti would inaugurate the scheme, sources told this agency on Monday. They said the scheme was ...

NOORPUR THAL - The yellow cab scheme is a revolutionary step of the Punjab government, which will not only provide job opportunities to the youth but also help eliminate unemployment. PML-N MPA Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu said this while addressing a public gathering at Biland Thal. UC Pelowains ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has demanded the continuation of 3 percent Drawback of Local Taxes and Levis (DLTL) Scheme during 2011-12 to sustain growth in countrys exports. The association said that the government had ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that plant and machinery used in the export-oriented projects for producing packaging material exclusively used in packaging/ preservation of food items are also eligible for refinance under the Long Term Financing ...

LAHORE Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry Thursday issued notice for July 1 to the Punjab government and the Secretary Housing, Planning and Development to seek their reply to a petition questioning the Punjab governments Ashiana Housing Scheme. The petition against the scheme was ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Pakistan Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM) has welcomed the revival of yellow cab scheme by the Punjab government. Syed Nabeel Hashmi, Vice-Chairman addressing a special meeting of Managing Committee convened for hearing the provincial budget ...

SIALKOT - PML-N leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Monday that the Punjab government had won the hearts of the poor by giving them ownership rights residential plots under Jinnah Abadi Scheme. He stated this while addressing the participants of a special ceremony held at Anwar Club, Sialkot. He ...

KARACHI - To facilitate farmers in boosting agricultural output, the mainstay and the backbone of economy, Sindh Bank has drawn and developed a unique 'Benazir Zarai Card scheme in line with the vision of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto to help the poor and small farmers of the country in general ...

LAHORE - Speaking in the context of his alleged disappearance from the country a few days back, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Sunday asked his political opponents to keep searching for him in Dubai, Colombo, Sukkur, Karachi or any other place. Talking to the media after a prize distribution ...

LAHORE - Chief Executive Formanites Housing Scheme Mian Zahoor Ahmed Wattoo has said the scheme lies in the centre of the Defence Housing Society, but it has offered residential facilities to the middle class who cannot dream of having a house in such beautifully laid out schemes. While talking at ...

KARACHI- Engro Corporation Limited on Thursday launched Engro Rupiya certificates savings option, which provides investors with an unprecedented 14.5 per cent rate of return. This is the first Term Finance Certificate (TFC) by Engro Corp, which would offer profit payments twice in a year for a ...

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) has announced to launch build your house scheme under self-help initiative. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the president of KPCCI Riaz Arshad said that it was out of the capacity of the provincial government ...

LAHORE - The Environment Protection Department Punjab is going to launch 'Green Sticker Scheme across the province with an aim to reduce emission of smoke from vehicles in order to improve environmental conditions. In the first phase of the scheme, the Department mo-nitored New Khan, Premier ...

LAHORE-In the context of Sasti Roati scheme of Punjab government, an opposition member on Thursday demanded initiation of Sasti Kashti scheme in view of the flooded streets in various cities of Punjab, a situation created by monsoon rains. Speaking on a point of order, PML-Qs Mohsin Leghari drew ...