ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to remove moratorium on new gas connections for industrial and captive consumers in Balochistan after a gap of almost a decade. For ensuring implementation of the decision, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) has constituted a five-member committee to first approve a criterion for fresh connections. The Petroleum Division had reported to the CCOE that …

KARACHI: Stocks continued to climb on Friday powered by the banking sector. The KSE-100 index added 309.80 points, or 0.68 per cent, to close the week at 45,654. The market opened in the green and as the much undervalued banking sector’s shares garnered investor interest, the index touched intra-day high by 572 points. Improvement in leading macro indicators such as …

KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis during December 2020 rose by 16.2 per cent year-on-year to $2.436 billion, compared to $2.097bn in December 2019, clocking in above $2bn mark for the seventh consecutive month, according to the latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday. Sharing the jump in remittances, Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a …

WASHINGTON: Pakis­tan’s exports to the United States have registered an increase of 10.9 per cent during the July-November 2020 period, shows the official US data released on Friday. The data, released by the US Commerce Department, also showed that Pakistan’s exports to the United States increased from $1653.2 million in the same period in 2019 to $1832.6m in 2020. In …

Celal Al, who portrayed Abdul Rehman Alp, is a part of Turkish delegation visiting Pakistan. The actor held meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan, federal ministers and Pakistani actors Humayun Saeed, Adnan Siddiqui and Imran Abbas during his visit. The actor was quite impressed by the hospitality of Pakistanis and the natural beauty of its capital. Celal has been sharing …

Jason Sudeikis has been left heartbroken after seeing his ex Olivia Wilde holding hands with Harry Styles. According to an insider quoted by E! News, “Olivia’s romance with Harry has been going on for a little while and has broken Jason’s heart. “She was definitely trying to keep the romance with Harry under wraps and was very careful,” they added. Although Olivia …

Taylor Swift has come forth responding to speculations that songs from her new album Evermore are about ex best friend Karlie Kloss. As per theories,  the songstress’s two songs It’s Time to Go  and Right Where You Left Me are about her friendship with Kloss. Debunking the claims, Swift clarified in an Instagram post, “The evermore deluxe album with 2 bonus tracks ‘right …

Ivanka Trump revealed her thoughts after Karlie Kloss went public with her statement over the Capitol Hill riots by Trump supporters earlier this week. As per sources, Ivanka was left “surprised and hurt” by sister-in-law Karlie Kloss’ social media comments, mostly because of how close they are. Condemning Trump’s speech wherein he called rioters ‘patriots’, Kloss, who’s married to Josh …

Vanessa Kirby has never had a baby but she says she can’t wait to give birth despite her harrowing performance as a woman whose home delivery ends in tragedy in Pieces of a Woman,  out on Netflix this week. The British actress spent time with pregnant women and those who had suffered stillbirths or miscarriages while preparing for a role that she …

Hollywood cheered and applauded after US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was permanently suspended on Friday. The tech giant suspended the president’s @realdonaldtrump account for good, over fears of him inciting further violence in the country after he earlier posted some inflammatory tweets following the Capitol Hill riots sparked by his supporters. “After close review of recent Tweets from the …