PM constitutes committee as telcos demand tax cuts
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted a high-level committee to facilitate the telecommunication sector, which wants a reduction in taxes to...
Swat’s cottage industry faces closure, seeks rescue package
PESHAWAR: Prior to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, the unemployment rate in Swat’s Islampur village was almost zero, as its...
Gold price surges to Rs103,800 per tola
ISLAMABAD: The price of a tola of 24-karat gold rose by Rs2,500 on Tuesday to Rs103,800, as per the Karachi Sarafa Association....
MoF releases Rs10bn for Utility Stores Corporation
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has released Rs10 billion for Utility Stores Corporation (USC) as part of the government scheme to protect...
Gold imports up 9pc in 8MF20
ISLAMABAD: Gold imports into the country increased by 8.89 per cent during the first eight months of the current financial year (2019-20)...
SECP receives ISO certification for infotech security
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has received the security standard certification ISO/IEC 27001 for its Information Security Management...
US, China, UK remain top three destinations for Pakistani exports: SBP
ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) remained the top export destination for Pakistani products during the first eight months of current financial year...
Is there a silver lining to Pakistan’s external account situation?
International trade has come to a standstill owing to the outbreak of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown measures taken worldwide to tackle...
Online grocery services struggle to meet spike in demand
LONDON: A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services. In practice, they’ve been struggling...
Bullish trend prevails as KSE-100 recovers 652 points
KARACHI: Bulls of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) managed to recover some losses accumulated in the last session, with the benchmark KSE-100...
Coronavirus: Calls for debt relief for world’s poorest nations
More than 100 global organisations are calling for debt payments of developing countries to be dropped this year.
These countries include the world's...
Sugar policy: Ministry seeks proposals from provinces, PSMA
The federal government has started work on first-ever sugar policy in order to streamline the sector.
The informed sources said that the Ministry...
Hydroxychloroquine: Trump forces India to lift ban on anti-malaria drug export
US President Donald Trump has said the US could "retaliate" if India does not release stocks of a drug he has called...
Imported dry milk poses threat to local dairy farmers
Dairy farmers urge govt to ban import of powdered milk
LAHORE: The current lockdown has badly affected the dairy farming in the country...
G20 energy ministers to hold video conference on Friday
Energy ministers from the Group of 20 major economies will convene an extraordinary meeting by video conference on Friday “to ensure energy...