ECC approves multi-billion package to boost agriculture, support farmers
Package includes subsidy on fertilizers, cotton seed and white fly pesticides; reduced bank markup on agri loans; sales tax subsidy on local tractors
Lives versus livelihoods
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Stocks manage modest gains in range-bound session
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange moved in a narrow range on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index closing a lacklustre day with...
Pakistan retains its place in MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Pakistan has successfully retained its upgraded status in the global MSCI Emerging Market (EM) Index, thereby averting the chances of being downgraded...
UK economy shrinks 5.8% in March, most on record
LONDON: Britain’s economy shrank by a record 5.8 percent in March from February as the coronavirus crisis escalated and the government ordered...
Uber approaches Grubhub with acquisition offer
Uber Technologies Inc is in talks to buy online food delivery company Grubhub Inc in an all-stock deal, according to people familiar...
FFCL enters into resource sharing agreement with Askari Cement
Consequent to the approval of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) has formally entered into resource...
Chinese, Pakistani companies conduct online trade negotiations
The Chinese and Pakistani companies conducted online trade negotiations through cloud network video technology on the first day of “2020 Zhejiang Export...
Oil falls as top US scientist warns of reopening risks
Oil prices fell Wednesday after the US government's top infectious disease expert warned that ending lockdowns in the world's biggest economy too...
Aslam Iqbal urges traders to implement SOPs in markets
Punjab Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that the government has opened the markets on the request of...
Ferozsons concludes agreement with Gilead to produce Remdesivir
Remdesivir has been granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and authorities in Japan to treat hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 disease.
Govt making efforts for opening of industrial, construction sectors: Omar
Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is making all out efforts for opening of industrial...
Twitter to let some employees to work from home forever
Twitter Inc on Tuesday became the first major tech company to allow employees who can work remotely to do so permanently, as...
Trump urges California to let automaker Tesla reopen assembly plant
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged California to allow Tesla Inc to reopen its electric vehicle assembly plan.
“California should let...
BOI lures French entrepreneurs to invest in SEZs
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State and Chairman Board of Investment of Pakistan Atif R Bokhari on Tuesday invited the French entrepreneurs, investors and...