Fawad to press cabinet for cultivation of Bhang

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 31, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet under the chair of Prime Minister Imran Khan will approve a summary of the Ministry of Science & Technology for domestication and commercialization of medicinal and industrial Cannabis (Bhang). In Premier Imran Khan’s direction, the Ministry of Science & Technology has prepared a summary with the Ministry of Narcotics…

    NEPRA fines Rs 200 million on KE

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 31, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The NEPRA on Monday imposed a heavy fine of Rs 200 million on K-Electric (KE). The KE involved in forced load-shedding in Karachi. NEPRA spokesperson said that the authority had imposed a fine of Rs 200 million on K-Electric to carry out excessive load-shedding in Karachi during June and July 2020 and…

    Cabinet to approve reconstituting PPL board

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 31, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet is likely to approve a 10-member new board of directors and Pakistan Petroleum Limited. The Ministry of Energy (MoE), Petroleum Division, has proposed this panel. The Petroleum Division has proposed Shahab Rizvi, newly appointed board of director and possible chair of the Board of PPL and hailed from Sindh….

    Govt plans to sell prime properties of PTV

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 29, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The PTI government is working on a proposal to dispose of the valuable properties of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) to clear Rs 20 billion pending liabilities. Sources told Newztodays.com that the cabinet directed Managing Director (MD) PTVC to prepare a viable business plan to revamp the organization. The plan also includes disposing…

    Telenor customers face 90% poor signal

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 27, 2020

    Telenor— a Norwegian Teleco in Pakistan—is in the second position with 20% complaints of its consumer’s total registered online grievances at PTA’s portal. Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: Telenor went off-grid on Thursday due to multiple cuts in the optical cable in the South region. Telenor Pakistan, which captured 28% market share, has a poor quality of service,…

    Govt to review oil prices on fortnightly basis

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 26, 2020

    The Government will implement fortnightly oil pricing of Petroleum products. It is shifting of PSO’s price benchmark to Platts indexes. Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The ECC of the Cabinet has approved the subject summary. The Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division) submitted the summary regarding fortnightly pricing of Petroleum products and shifting of PSO’s price benchmark to…

    Ufone continues penalizing customers in all major cities

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 24, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: Ufone—the country’s telecom monopoly—has issues about the poor quality of services, coverage, and overcharging with the consumers of all major cities country. According to PTA data, Ufone—ranked at the bottom among the four CMOs in the country–has a poor quality of services, coverage, and overcharging (billing) in major cities like Islamabad, Rawalpindi,…

    DRAP directs Searle to recall hydryllin syrup

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 23, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has declared hydryllin sugar-free syrup manufactured by the SearlCompany Limited ‘substandard and adulterated’ and directs to recall it from the market. The DRAP issued a medical product alert that hydryllin syrup is out of quality and prohibited to use for the patients. The doctors had…

    Govt retrieves land of Rs 16bn from Bahria

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 23, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The PTI government has retrieved 510 kanals of land worth 16 billion from Bahria Enclave-Kuri road grabbed by business tycoon Malik Riaz. The PTI government has retrieved total 12751 kanals land worth Rs 403 billion during a crackdown against land grabbers. Sources told Newztodays.com that the PTI government had retrieved 600 kanals…

    Worldcall fined Rs 10m, facing suspension of license as well

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | August 20, 2020

    Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The PTA has imposed a fine of Rs 10 million on World Call. The operator–an LDI–involved covertly indulging in a change of substantial ownership interest and control. All this is without the regulator’s approval. The company is facing a substantial change of shareholding without prior written intimation to the Authority. It also…