Cabinet allows TCP to import 1.5m tonnes of wheat
Trading Corporation of Pakistan granted exemption from PPRA rules for wheat import
PSA questions PSX’s failure to disclose material information regarding demerger
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Stockbrokers Association (PSA) has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Policy Board...
Five FATF-related bills sail through NA
ISLAMABAD: A day after the government and the opposition succeeded after much dilly-dallying in developing a consensus on six out of eight...
Interest rate on youth loans slashed by half: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: In a major relief, Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Wednesday announced that the government has slashed...
Pakistan to domestically generate 60pc electricity by 2030: minister
--Omar Ayub says new energy policy will help reduce electricity tariff
--SAPM Nadeem Babar assures transparent bidding in renewable energy projects
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister...
SBP governor says communication key to central bank’s success
‘Today, when I look at the future, I am quite confident that the worst, in terms of financial turmoil, is behind us’
Gold price retreats to Rs120,000 per tola
KARACHI: In line with the recent trend, gold price fell by Rs6,100 on Wednesday and was traded at Rs120,000 per tola, as...
Foodpanda signs MOU with Sehat Kahani for telemedicine services for employees
KARACHI: Foodpanda signed an MOU with Sehat Kahani -- one of the fastest-growing health tech companies in Pakistan, to provide telemedicine services...
Pak-Afghan trade resumes at Chaman border
CHAMAN: The Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing at Chaman reopened for trade on Wednesday after talks between the Pakistan-Afghanistan border government committee and other...
Stocks tumble 85 points on selling pressure
KSE-100 closes in red despite accumulating over 500 points in early trade
UK economy faces long climb back to health after historic 20pc crash
LONDON: Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4 per cent in the second quarter when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the most...
Covid-19: KP starts receiving tourists after restaurants, hotels allowed to operate
PESHAWAR: Thousands of local tourists have started arriving in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) after the federal government announced the end of coronavirus lockdown...
ECC okays timely settlement of Roosevelt Hotel’s loan
--Committee gives in-principle approval to the payment of all liabilities resulting from $105m debt secured by PIACL-owned Roosevelt Hotel in New York
--ECC...
Oil rises after bigger-than-expected drop in US inventories
LONDON: Oil prices rose on Wednesday after an industry report showed US crude inventories last week fell more than analysts had expected,...
From carats to peanuts: how a pandemic upended the global diamond industry
JOHANNESBURG/MUMBAI: As the coronavirus pandemic upended the global diamond industry, shuttering mines from Lesotho to Canada and disrupting supply chains, Rajen Patel...