Islamabad, July 10, 2024: The federal government on Tuesday announced a two-day public holiday for the 9th and 10th of Muharram. The notification issued by the Cabinet Division stated, “[…] the Prime Minister is pleased to declare 16th and 17th July, 2024 (Tuesday and Wednesday) as public holidays on the occasion of Ashura (9th &…
Islamabad, July 10, 2024: The Pakistan government announced an increase in salaries and pensions for employees, as proposed in the recently-announced Budget 2024-25. According to the notification issued by the Finance Division, the particular relief allowance for government employees up to grade-16 has been increased by 25 percent. Similarly, the allowance for officials from grade-17…
Karachi, March 03, 2021: Hanif Lakhany, Senior Vice Chairman Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association(PYMA) and Vice Chairman Farhan Ashrafi, has expressed deep concern over the unavailability of cotton yarn and the price reaching an all-time high, asked the government to immediately allow duty-free import of yarn & cotton from other countries, including India to save the textile…
Karachi, February 09, 2021: “The Government, through Presidential Ordinance, must abolish all duties and taxes and allow duty free import of Cotton yarn which is the raw material of value-added textile sector in order to sustain and achieve milestone in enhancement of exports. Government should also place ban on export of cotton yarn of 30…
Karachi, December 28, 2020 : Riaz Uddin, Senior Vice President of SITE Association of Industry has urged the federal government and Ministry of Petroleum to emergent arrangements to provide gas to industries of Sindh, said that the federal government had assured uninterrupted gas supply at an enhanced rate of Rs. 930 to the Industrial sector and…