Covid-19: Amazon planning to build its own testing lab for staff

Retail giant Amazon says it will build its own coronavirus testing lab to monitor the health of its staff. Cases of Covid-19 have...

Govt to allow opening of industrial units with confirmed export orders

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to allow the opening of industrial units with confirmed export orders, sources revealed on Friday. According to details,...
G20-oil deal

G20 energy ministers scramble to finalise oil output deal

G20 energy ministers held virtual talks Friday as major oil producers scrambled to finalise output cuts to shore up prices, with Mexico...

Asad Umar inaugurates Mobile Utility Store Service

'MUSS will ensure the provision of subsidised flour, sugar, rice, lentils and ghee to people at their doorsteps'
Illicit tobacco

Govt fails to implement surcharges on tobacco, sugary drinks

ISLAMABAD: The government has failed to implement the cabinet’s decision pertaining to imposing a Rs 10 surcharge on tobacco products and Rs1...

SBP to businesses: stop firing people, get a cheap loan instead

Businesses can now get loans at 4% from banks to cover salaries from April to June 2020

‘Liquidity constraints’: Steelmakers appeal to operate during lockdown

'Construction industry will not be able to commence operations in the absence of steel'
Motorcycles-Honda Atlas

Bike sales increase in KP as banks finance Honda, Zxmco

PESHAWAR: There has been a significant increase in sales of two motorcycle manufacturing companies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as the bike financing...

Weekly inflation falls 0.44pc

Inflation drops to 8.2pc following a decline in food prices

Car sales dip 47pc in nine months

ISLAMABAD: Car sales in the country plunged by 46.8 per cent during the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal year...

MoC releases over Rs21bn DLTL refunds for industries

ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure that exporters pay dues to their employees amid industrial shutdown in the country, the Ministry of Commerce...

Covid-19: UN urges govts to tackle recession, scrap debt payment

UNITED NATIONS: More than 60 UN agencies and international organizations have urged governments to take immediate steps to address the unfolding global...
Good Friday

Economic devastation looms on a Good Friday like no other

MADRID: Christians around the world observed a Good Friday like no other, at home watching livestreams instead of at church, as pressure...

Stocks gain 195 points in volatile session

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a volatile session on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index making a swift recovery after...

Ministry releases Rs20.5b for textile, Rs828m non-textile sector under DLTL

Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment on Friday announced that the Ministry of Commerce has released Rs 20.5 billion for...