Tag: July

Drought in the offing as southern parts witness less rain

-- From May to August, there was -24.4 percent of rainfall all over Pakistan, says PMD The National Drought Monitoring Centre of Pakistan Meteorological Department...

Importance of ‘Number 22’ and ‘July’ in Imran Khan’s life

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan took the oath as the prime minister of the country on Saturday and as congratulatory messages poured in,...

Rs5659.254 mn tax recovered in July alone, says minister

KARACHI: Sindh Caretaker Minister for Excise and Taxation Mushtaq Ahmad has said that in the month of July, Rs 5659.254 million was collected in terms...

ECP recommends general polls by July end

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has recommended that the 2018 general elections be held by the end of July, a private media outlet...

Direct investment down by 14.6%, portfolio investment rises to $50m in...

  Despite the downward trend in direct investment, the country’s total foreign investment increased by 124.8 per cent to $113.9 million owing to higher inflows...

Govt decides not to raise petroleum prices in July

    The federal government has decided to keep the prices of petroleum products unchanged for the month of July, despite a recommendation by the Oil...

27 blasts claim 127 lives, injure 410 in trepid July

At least 127 people were killed and 410 others injured in 27 bomb blasts, which included six suicide attacks, across Pakistan in July, official...

Nikkei ends above 10,000 for first time since July

Tokyo stocks rallied 1.53 percent Wednesday, to close above the 10,000 mark for the first time since July, thanks to the weakening yen and...

Petroleum, coal exports increase in July

The exports of petroleum and coal products witnessed a wide surge of 152.56 per cent during the first month of the current fiscal year...

Food exports up 33 per cent to $388.829b in July

Food exports surged by 33.12 per cent during the first month of the current fiscal year (2011-12) to reach at $388.829 million as against...

Textile exports grow by 14.22 per cent in July

Textile exports during the first month of the current fiscal year (2011-12) were recorded at $1.121 billion, showing an increase of 14.22 per cent...

Foreign investment falls 60.8 pc in July

Foreign investment in Pakistan fell 60.8 percent in the first month of 2011/12 fiscal year (July-June) to $61.9 million, because of a decrease in...

July 13 bombings: Indian police still clueless

One month on from the triple bomb blasts that killed 26 in Mumbai, police are still scrambling for a breakthrough, with no claim of...

China July exports hit record high, surplus swells

China's exports hit a record high in July as shipments to Europe and the United States proved surprisingly buoyant, allaying concerns that debt problems...

SECP registered 284 companies in July

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 284 companies in July last month. Private companies have the highest share in new incorporations,...

Rescue 1122 saves 34,171 lives in Punjab during July

The Punjab Emergency Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer on Thursday gave a performance review of Rescue 1122 in 36 districts of Punjab during...

July rainfall exceeds normal levels by 13 to 14 percent

July proved to be an extraordinary month in terms of precipitation this year with recorded levels of rainfall exceeding the normal annual figures by...