KARACHI: Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has issued directives to the port authorities dealing with cargo arriving directly or indirectly from Japan to screen closely all kinds of edible and non-edible consignments for radiation. In this regard, PNRA has made clearance certificate mandatory for consignments being imported directly from Japan in the wake of prevailing […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Farzana Raja said on Tuesday that the programme would seek Rs 100 billion allocation in the next budget 2011-12—as the number of beneficiaries of the programme has grown to 7 million from 4 million. During a press briefing, Farzana Raja said increase in the number of beneficiaries […]
KARACHI: MCB Bank Ltd has earned a gross profit of Rs 7.863 billion and also declared a 30 percent cash dividend (earning per share of Rs 6.61). The board of directors reviewed the performance of the bank during first quarter ended March 31, 2011 and approved the financial statements for the first quarter. The profit […]
By Tanveer Ahmed ISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee (PAC)’s Monitoring and Implementation Committee Tuesday grinded Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) and Pakistan State Oil (PSO) for not following the financial rules in awarding the contracts and giving the advances against any particular project. The committee’s meeting chaired by MNA Yasmeen Rahman expressed its annoyance over […]
Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced different foreign funded scholarships on behalf of various diplomatic channels for Pakistani students, commencing from 2011-12 academic session. These include the scholarships offered by the Mexican Government for graduate, post graduate and research studies; Master and PhD scholarships in Korean Development Institute (KDI School), School of Public Policy and […]