SECP proposes new regulations for insurance agents
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has notified draft Corporate Insurance Agents Regulations, 2020.
The proposed regulations aim at strengthening...
PM’s aide calls for concerted efforts to achieve macroeconomic goals
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Thursday emphasised upon the need for better coordination...
Inefficient, corruption-tainted officers face compulsory retirement
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to forcefully retire civil servants whose performance is not satisfactory, are corrupt and have entered into plea...
CAA incurs Rs10bn loss due to suspension of international flights
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has suffered a loss of over Rs10.5 billion in two months due to suspension of flight operation...
COVID-19: KP’s marble industry seeks compensation for losses
PESHAWAR: The marble industry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has urged the government to compensate for the losses incurred by them due to...
Big retailers assured of govt’s ‘all-out support’ during lockdown
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood on Wednesday appreciated the role that chain stores and tier-1 retailers played...
Khawaja Riffat Hassan appointed as NTDC managing director
LAHORE: The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) has appointed Dr Khawaja Riffat Hassan as Managing Director of the National Transmission and Despatch...
Corona targets FBR, collection to take a hit
RTO-Quetta has been closed after around 20 of its officials were tested positive for coronavirus
PM approves ‘Green Stimulus’ package to boost greenery, employment
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved the “Green Stimulus” package as part of the government’s efforts to extend green cover in...
Sindh traders reject govt’s ‘online business formula’
KARACHI: All Sindh Taajir Ittehad (ASTI) has rejected the online business formula of the Sindh government to keep the economy running while...
Cabinet okays three-week extension in sugar probe
PM orders ban on the export of all edible items, decision to be reviewed after two weeks
Govt, development partners weigh economic impact of COVID-19
--'Manufacturing and service sectors likely to take a significant hit in 2020'
--'Fiscal deficit could rise to 9.6pc of GDP, while poverty figures...
IHC questions ‘relegation’ of ZTBL vice presidents
ISLAMABAD: While extending a stay order in a matter pertaining to recovery of salaries from 21 vice presidents of Zarai Taraqiati Bank...
ADB to provide $15m concessional loan for urban development in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Pakistan with a concessional loan worth $15 million for urban development projects in Punjab.
A signing...
Remittances expected to reach $21bn in current fiscal year
The Ministry of Finance has said that the government measures announced recently to boost remittances have paid off as remittances have already...