Ambassador Siddiqui invites US investors to tap Pakistan’s potential
WASHINGTON: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), one of the world's leading international peace and strategic insight think tanks, invited Pakistan's Ambassador...
FBR confiscates Rs630m worth non-duty paid cigarettes
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s intelligence wing has confiscated Rs630 million worth non-duty paid cigarettes, it was learnt on Friday.
According to...
India’s Yes Bank debacle jolts investors, customers and partners
BENGALURU/MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Shares in India’s Yes Bank plunged on Friday as panicky depositors rushed to withdraw funds and payment partners faced outages after...
Oil plunges to lowest since 2017
NEW YORK: Oil prices tanked more than 8pc on Friday to their lowest levels since mid-2017 after Russia balked at OPEC’s proposed steep...
Banks to remain open this weekend: SBP
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed authorised banks to keep all their designated branches in the country open from 10:00...
EU extends GSP-Plus status for Pakistan
Pakistan would continue to enjoy tariff preferences in the European Union (EU) under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences-Plus (GSP+) status.
This was announced...
Punjab wheat suffers due to extreme weather
Wheat fields spreading across 400,000 acres in Punjab have been affected following extreme weather conditions in the province.
Rain and increased levels of...
KP’s matchbox industry on the verge of closure
PESHAWAR: The match manufacturing factories in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have been struggling hard to continue with the production as 100 per...
KP govt initiates over 150 development projects to uplift tribal districts
‘41pc of the total fund allocated for merged districts has so far been utilised in FY20 under Accelerated Implementation Plan’
Weekly inflation drops 0.32pc
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation for the week ended March 5 decreased by 0.32pc as compared to the previous week.
The...
Saudi Arabia’s economy minister removed, appointed Royal Court advisor
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia in its latest cabinet reshuffle has relieved the economy minister from this post after Saudi media reported that King...
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad reports $870m loss in 2019
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi’s long-troubled national carrier Etihad has reported losses of $870 million in 2019 after losing billions in recent years, calling...
Factory emissions continue to damage crops along Hudiara drain
LAHORE: Standing crops of peas and berseem sown on more than 150 acres in the suburbs of Hudiara drain are getting damaged...
Govt committed to utilising demographic dividends: Hammad Azhar
ISLAMABAD: Economic Affairs Minister Hammad Azhar said on Friday the government was committed to investing in the country's huge demographic dividends and...
Construction work on 115km Jalalpur Canal finally commences
ISLAMABAD: After a lapse of three months, construction work on the much-awaited Jalalpur Irrigation Project (JIP) has finally commenced, Pakistan Today has...