SOFIA, June 2, (APP/AFP) – The EU’s poorest member, Bulgaria, said Friday it will start lobbying to join the European Exchange Mechanism as a first step to its planned adoption of the euro. Every eurozone candidate has to first enter the mechanism, known as the ERM2 “waiting room”, for a period of two years before […]
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Bulgaria seeks to speed up euro adoption
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Govt striving hard to overcome power crisis in Sindh: Murad Ali Shah
NAWABSHAH, June 2 (APP): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday said that provincial government was striving hard to control over the recent power crisis and inauguration of 100 Megawatt Nooriabad Power Plant was a step forward to overcome this crisis. He was talking to media at zero point during his brief visit […]
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High air cargo fare to impede mango exporters to tap int’l market: FPCCI
KARACHI, June 2 (APP): The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) on Friday said high air cargo fares would impede the mango exporters to tap the international market. Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) Standing Committee on Horticulture Exports, Ahmad Jawad, in a statement here, said more than 50 […]
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Hassan Nawaz appears before JIT probing Panama Papers caseHassan
ISLAMABAD, June 2 (APP): Hassan Nawaz on Friday appeared before the joint investigation team (JIT) constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the Panama Papers case. Hassan Nawaz, son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, arrived at the Federal Judicial Academy, where the JIT has set up its secretariat. Talking to media outside the Federal Judicial […]
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SC serves contempt notice on Nehal Hashmi over controversial remarks
ISLAMABAD, June 1 (APP): The Supreme Court on Thursday served contempt notice on Nehal Hashmi over his controversial remarks. A three-member special bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan heard the case. The court directed Nehal Hashmi to submit response till Monday and appointed the […]
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Guidance on Competition Compliance Workshop’ at OICCI
ISLAMABAD, June 1 (APP): The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) held a workshop on “Guidance on Competition Compliance (GCC)” at Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) on May 23. The workshop was based on the Commission’s Guidance for Competition Compliance, (available on www.cc.gov.pk) launched in December 2016, to encourage and promote voluntary compliance […]