Tag: Cut
Pompeo urges allies to cut off funding to Iran
BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on American allies on Thursday to help impose economic pressure on Iran, and accused Tehran of...
Catalan secessionists cut formal ties with Spanish monarchy
MADRID: Catalonia's pro-independence political leaders are snubbing the Spanish king in their latest public challenge to rule from Madrid.
Catalan President Quim Torra says his...
Taiwan says has cut ties with Burkina Faso
TAIPEI: Taiwan has broken relations with Burkina Faso after the African nation said it had cut diplomatic ties with the self-ruled island, Taiwan Foreign...
NA approves all demands for grants of over Rs3.688 trillion, rejects...
ISLAMABAD: With the approval of 23 demands for grants on Thursday, the National Assembly (NA) approved all 151 demands of grants of Rs3,688 trillion...
Dominican Republic cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of China
TAIPEI/BEIJING: The Dominican Republic severed ties with Taiwan after nearly 80 years and switched its allegiance to China, Beijing and Taipei confirmed on Tuesday,...
An unsurprising Rs5.9tr populist budget
Govt raises defence spending to Rs1.1tr, as budget outlay witnesses 16.2% increase than last year
10% ad-hoc relief allowance proposed for civil and armed forces...
Pakistan-US still intertwined despite Trump’s drastic military aid cut
After President Trump bluntly accused Pakistan of “lies and deceit” on New Year’s Day, then suspended all security aid to the longtime United States...
Parents’ protest as teacher cut off hair of 16 girl-students
PAKPATTAN: Parents and affected students on Sunday held a protest against the teacher who cut off the hair of 16 girl students of a...
Business community hails 25 basis point cut in policy rate
The business community has hailed the 25 basis point cut in the benchmark interest rate bringing it down from 6 per cent to 5.75...
NEPRA approves Rs2.84 cut in power price
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday approved a cut of Rs 2.84 per unit in the power tariff under the fuel...
EU urges China to cut steel output
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has urged China to scale back rampant overproduction in its steel industry that is punishing European companies through low...
PA passes resolution demanding cut in oil prices
The Sindh Assembly on Monday demanded cut in oil prices so as to transfer the benefit of massive reduction of oil prices globally to...
PM announces cut in power tariff for industry by Rs 3...
PM inspects Bin Qasim power project
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday announced a cut in power tariff for industrial users by Rs 3 per...
Man cuts wife’s legs in Sargodha
SARGODHA
A man cut legs of his second wife with an axe over suspicion in Shahpur town of Sargodha District on Saturday.
According to media reports,...
OGRA recommends cut in petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has recommended cut in petroleum prices from April 1.
According to reports, a summary in this regard...
Additional Rs 60b required for cut in GST rate: Dar
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said if the government could arrange Rs 60 billion from substitute sources, he was ready to reduce the slab...
ICCI for sufficient cut in power tariff to improve economy
Government should make sufficient cut in power tariff as the minor reduction of just Rs0.05 per unit by NEPRA was just an eye wash...
