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SBP maintains interest rate at 22pc
Karachi, October 30, 2023: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday decided to maintain its benchmark interest rate – the cost of bank lending – at 22 percent. At its meeting today, the SBP’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), decided to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent. In a recent meeting, the Monetary Policy…
Clean energy Pakistan’s top priority: Caretaker Energy Minister
Islamabad, October 30 , 2023 : Caretaker Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali has said that clean energy was the top priority of Pakistan. He stated this while talking to the Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Jacob Linulf who visited the Power Division here Monday, said a press release. The minister said that the world was…
Seminar on ‘3rd Belt and Road Forum’ held
Lahore, October 29 , 2023 : The Chinese Consulate Lahore and the Institute of International Relations and Media Research organized a seminar titled: ‘3rd Belt and Road Forum’ at a local hotel on Sunday. Caretaker Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce SM Tanvir and Consul General Zhao Shiran participated as the special guests and talked…
Pakistan’s cuisine to play role in tourism promotion: Wasi
Islamabad, October 28 , 2023 :Minister of State for Tourism, Wasi Shah on Saturday emphasized the significant role that Pakistani cuisine can play in the promotion of tourism in the country. Addressing at the International Chef Day celebration organized by the Chef Association of Pakistan, the minister expressed his delight in witnessing the increasing participation…
Wheat to be cultivated on 1.66m acres in Sargodha division
Sargodha, October 28 , 2023 :Commissioner Sargodha division Muhammad Ajmal Bhatti has said that wheat crop would be cultivated on 1.66 million acres in the division this year, while a target of 35.86 maunds per acre yield had been set. Presiding over a meeting of the committee set up at division level to increase wheat…