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Port Qasim Authority to cancel lease of Textile City land

Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Rear Admiral (retired) Syed Hasan Nasir Shah said on Wednesday the country’s largest industrial zone will soon get back the 1,250-acre piece of land that it allotted to Textile City Ltd in 2006 on a 50-year lease. Speaking at the inauguration of an integrated logistics park set up at Port Qasim by an international firm, Admiral Shah said the PQA has received

No change in petrol, diesel prices

Despite a drop in international prices, the government on Wednesday left the prices of major petroleum products – petrol and high speed diesel (HSD) – unchanged for the next fortnight ending Dec 15. In reaching this decision, the government on the other hand, increased petroleum levy on HSD by Rs10 per litre to about Rs22.60 besides increasing the profit margins of oil marketing companies (OMCs

Regulator orders KE to refund Rs3.6bn in next bill

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday cleared a Rs2.15 per unit cut in monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) and Rs7.83 per unit in quarterly tariff adjustment (QTA) for K-Electric consumers. While Nepra would notify next week the adjustment to refund Rs3.59 billion to KE consumers in December bills, it would separately forward its QTA determination to the federal g

Revenue collection jumps 15pc to Rs2.688tr

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs2.688 trillion in the first five months of the current fiscal year, exceeding the target set for the period by just Rs8 billion, showed provisional data released on Thursday. Meanwhile, the last date for the filing of income tax returns was extended until Dec 15. The revenue collection posted a growth of 15.3 per cent in 5MFY23 against Rs2.330tr

AIIB loan helps stocks stage comeback

With the release of $500 million by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for Pakistan, the stock market rebounded and made some recovery on Tuesday following a sharp fall a day ago as the muchneeded inflows would provide cushion against the fast dwindling foreign currency reserves of the country. In a tweet, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced that Pakistan had received $500 million