پاکستان | کرپشن کی شرح میں کمی

پاکستان 20 سال بعد کرپشن کی شرح میں کمی کے بعد 126ویں نمبر پر آگیا، ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹرنیشنل برلن / کراچی: دنیا بھر کے ممالک میں کرپشن کی شرح کا جائرہ لینے والے عالمی ادارے ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹرن نیشنل کے کرپشن پرسپشن انڈیکس کے مطابق پاکستان میں کرپشن کی شرح میں کمی واقع ہوئی ہے۔ ٹرانسپیرنسی انٹرن نیشنل کے کرپشن پرسپشن انڈیکس کے 20ویں ایڈیشن کے مطابق پاکستان اس بار 29 پوائنٹس حاصل کر کے دنیا بھر کے 175ممالک میں سے 126 ویں نمبر پر آگیا ہے جو اس کی 1995 شروع ہونے والی سی پی آئی کے بعد سے سب سے بہتر کارکردگی ہے۔ چیئرمین ٹرانسپیرینسی انٹرنیشنل...

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CPI hits 11 years low

Consumer Price Index: With sharp fall in oil prices, inflation hits 11-year low   Falling prices of oil and commodities in the global market led to the reduction in rates of petroleum products at home. CREATIVE COMMONS ISLAMABAD:  For the first time in the last 11 years, inflation dropped to 3.96% in November on the back of a steep fall in prices of petroleum and...

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Real story of Media Military allaince during Fsadi March of TUQ and IK

THE SOUTH ASIA CHANNEL Not Fit to Print: An Insider Account of Pakistani Censorship Imran [Khan], [Tahir ul] Qadri, and the ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] are our best friends," our weekly editorial meeting at Pakistan's Express Tribune was (jokingly) told on Aug. 13, 2014, a day before the two political leaders began their separate long marches from Lahore to Islamabad, and plunged the country into crisis. "We know it's not easy, but that's the way it is -- at least for now. I promise to make things better soon," said...

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Punjab | Electronic Stamp papers introduced

E-Stamp Paper Introduced For The First Time In Pakistan The Punjab Board of Revenue has decided to introduce e-stamp paper in Pakistan to facilitate the citizens online. This step promises to diminish fraud and bogus stamp papers which, previously, led to a loss of millions of rupees. Here is how the e-Stamp process will work. Any person willing to buy a high value non-judicial stamp will only require an internet connection to access the system...

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Interview

Barjees Tahir | Federal Minister of Kashmir affairs and GB This interview was published in Nawai Waqt dated October 26, 2014. &nb...

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Pakistan Oilfields earnings up 15pc

Pakistan Oilfields earnings up 15pc KARACHI: Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) recorded an after-tax profit of Rs4.2bn for the first quarter of this fiscal year, translating into earnings per share (eps) at Rs17.62. It represented a growth of 15pc over Rs3.6bn profit (eps Rs15.25) in the year-ago period. Investment analyst Muhammad Affan Ismail at BMA Capital Management Ltd said the results were above consensus forecast on account of lower-than-estimated amortisation charges (down 30pc year-on-year) primarily due to high base effect. “To recall,...

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Improvement in PIA

PIA has cut losses of Rs13.5bn this year: aviation adviser ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Aviation Affairs Shujaat Azeem said on Friday that the annual loss of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) had been reduced to Rs18 billion from Rs31.5 billion during the previous year. He said the PIA was also paying Rs3.29 billion interest on legacy loans that were taken in 1992. Speaking to reporters in the federal capital, the premier's adviser said that 10 more narrow-body airbuses and five aircraft manufactured by French-Italian manufacturer...

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Interview

Khawaja Saad Rafiq | Minister of Railways  !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); This interview was published in Weekly Nidai Millat dated October 23, 2014. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,...

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PILDAT SURVEY | Governance in Punjab is better than KP

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Pakistan Railways: China to inject $3.5b into infrastructure development

Pakistan Railways: China to inject $3.5b into infrastructure development   Lahore : A 23-member delegation of Chinese technical experts, led by Meng Wenli, Chief Engineer Alignment, will come on a trip to Pakistan at the weekend to pick the areas for an investment of $3.5 billion and complete the rehabilitation and replacement of tracks from Karachi to Peshawar. The delegation, comprising representatives of China Railway Eeyuan Engineering...

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Hajj arrangements by PMLN government Alhamdullilah nation is free of hajj scandals and those who looted the money of hujaj karam. PMLN minister Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has worked day and night for the betterment of hajj procedure. ...

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Column | Daily Express

Zahida Hina | Mian Nawaz Sharif will continue to surprise This column was published in Daily Express dated June 21, 2009    !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'...

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Column | The story of a Judge of Multan

Column | Rauf Klasra   Rauf Klasra is a known hardliner opponent of PMLN government. This column form the past reveals that even the staunch opponents of PMLN admit the struggle by the real heroes of democracy.  The column published in Daily Jang dated June 22, 2008 is presented for our readers.  ...

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Interview

Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary | Vice President PMLN Mandi Bahauddin  This interview was published in weekly Zindagi dated September 1, 2013.      !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'...

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New discoveries | PPL on the roll

 New findings: PPL on a roll, makes fourth discovery The expected output from the (Kinza X-1) well will translate into approximately 2,100 barrels per day in oil equivalent and foreign exchange savings of $200,000 per day. PHOTO: KASHIF HUSSAIN/EXPRESS KARACHI:  Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has announced that it hit another petroleum reserve in the Gambat South Block, its fourth discovery in the particular lease, which is located...

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