Pak entrepreneurs must develop int’l standard brands
ISLAMABAD: SAARC Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Senior Vice President Iftikhar Ali Malik has urged Pakistani entrepreneurs to develop international standard...
MFPCB meeting convened to mull cut in interest rate by 50 basis points
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of growing criticism, the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has called a...
Lack of progress: WB postpones two budgetary support loans for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: In a major blow to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's efforts to secure budgetary support loans, the World Bank has reportedly...
Biometric verification to be made mandatory for duty-free import of mobile phones
The government is mulling to allow international passengers duty-free import of mobile phones under Baggage Rules and various proposals are under consideration...
SECP launches first centralised repository for life insurance sector
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in a bid to complement the government's objectives of providing ease of doing...
Ayub claims country offers $100b investment opportunities in energy sector
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan has claimed that Pakistan offers around $100 billion investment opportunities in the energy sector,...
Tourism will strengthen economy, create jobs: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said there was a lot of tourism potential in Pakistan and promotion of that sector would...
Coronavirus impeding Pak-China trade: Dawood
ISLAMABAD: As coronavirus outbreak has badly affected economic activities in China, its impact was also being felt by Pakistan, as the latter imports...
Gold at a high as oil slips lower
KARACHI: Gold hit a seven-year peak as fear regarding coronavirus does not seem to be off the radar.
While gold saw safe-haven inflows, world...
FBR tightens noose around Karachi marriage halls
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has squeezed the net around marriage halls in Karachi over tax evasion worth billions of rupees...
High energy cost hindering investment in spinning sector
LAHORE: The spinning industry in Pakistan has seen little investment in spindles (spinning machinery) in the last decade or so as the...
‘Very good ties’ with Pakistan; $3bn military deals with India
AHMEDABAD: United States (US) President Donald Trump on Monday appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for peace and expressed hope for a reduction in tensions in...
US company to manufacture biomedical equipment in Pakistan
LAHORE: For the first time in the country's history, a US biomedical engineering company would set up a manufacturing unit of biomedical...
‘Unjustified tariff’: APTMA announces countrywide closure of textile mills
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has decided to close down all textile mills across the country's in protest to...
IT export remittances surge 24pc in 6MFY20
ISLAMABAD: The Information Technology and IT Enabled Services (ITeS) export remittances were increased by 24.71 per cent to $550.503 million during the...