IMF-led policies leading Pakistan to economic disaster: LCCI
LAHORE: The country’s economy is not moving in right direction and needs to be corrected immediately otherwise it can cause great harm...
Govt, IMF policy level talks today
ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Pakistan tomorrow (Monday) to hold technical level talks with...
Bitcoin breaches $10,000 to hit highest level since October
Bitcoin is back above $10,000. The largest cryptocurrency’s recent upward momentum carried it past that psychologically significant level on Sunday for the first...
Govt working on alternative energy projects for cheap electricity: minister
ISLAMABAD: The government is taking steps for launching alternate energy projects across the country to provide electricity on cheap rates to the...
Rs50bn to be spent for IT sector development, says Dr Attaur Rahman
KARACHI: Prime Minister’s National Task Force on Science and Technology Chairman Dr Attaur Rehman has said the incumbent government has planned to...
FBR, ministries of communications and energy blamed for hindering exports
LAHORE: The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has blamed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the Ministry of Communications (MoC) and the Ministry...
FST reinstates Customs official who ‘exposed’ corruption of senior officer
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Services Tribunal (FTS) has reinstated a Customs official, who was dismissed from service soon after he had unearthed corruption...
Coronavirus hits trade fairs, conferences
Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit by travel curbs and...
Market Weekly: KSE-100 drops 3.6pc amid weak investor sentiment
As confusion and uncertainty surrounded the investors at Pakistan Stock Exchange, the KSE-100 Index lost 1,487 points or 3.6pc during the outgoing...
PARC directed to justify reinstatement of ‘corrupt’ official
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security & Research has directed the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) to present before the Board...
UK seeks ‘ambitious’ trade deal with Japan
TOKYO: British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his Japanese counterpart agreed on Saturday to seek an "ambitious, high standard" trade accord matching...
Technical negotiations between Pakistan and IMF conclude
Policy level discussions to commence from Tuesday
FED not applicable on internet services, SC rules
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that internet services are exempted from the federal excise duty (FED) as it dismissed an appeal...
Figure fudging of price data ‘not possible’, govt clarifies
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives clarified on Saturday that the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) followed a transparent...
Apple to delay reopening of retail stores in China
Apple Inc is extending its retail store closures in China due to the coronavirus outbreak, even as it worked towards opening its...