Pakistan-India trade volume falls in first half of FY19
ISLAMABAD: Trade between Pakistan and India sharply fell in the first half of 2019-20 due to strained relations between the two nuclear-armed...
ADB to support Pakistan’s reform agenda
DAVOS: President of Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of World Economic Forum annual...
Telenor CEO, Facebook COO meet Imran Khan at Davos
DAVOS: Chairperson Telenor Gunn Waersted and CEO Telenor Sigve Brekke met Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of World Economic Forum annual...
PC rebuffs rumours about divestment of OGDCL shares at discounted rate
ISLAMABAD: The Privatization Commission (PC) on Wednesday refuted the rumours about divestment of the Oil Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) shares at...
PTV Board recommends increasing licence fee from Rs35 to Rs100
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) has decided to increase the licence fee of its operation thus putting the burden to their losses on...
Ministers concerned over ‘duty-free’ cotton import
ISLAMABAD: Members of the federal cabinet, while raising reservations over the government's decision to withdraw all regulatory/customs duties on the import of cotton,...
EyeAutomate wins AIM startups competition
LAHORE: The Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) on Wednesday organised the National Champions Pitch Competition in collaboration with the Annual Investment...
Sindh, KP witness decrease in flour prices
ISLAMABAD: With timely intervention by the federal government, prices of wheat and wheat flour have started coming down in the local markets all...
Pakistan received Dh251m aid from UAE in 2019
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been a major beneficiary of aid provided by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with grants amounting to Dh251 million last...
Govt abolishes licence requirement for 102 small businesses
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday abolished the licence requirement for 102 small businesses, including new startups, to provide relief to the common...
PM invites leading tech firms to invest in Pakistani youth
Imran Khan meets SAP chief Christian Klein, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Siemens chief Joe Kaeser
VIP culture on display at Horti Expo 2020
Inauguration of a section was stalled to late noon owing to the late arrival of Punjab Agri Minister Malik Nauman Langrial
China negates US propaganda, says CPEC ‘not a debt trap for Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese Embassy spokesperson said on Wednesday that the total loans for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects were about...
Pakistan seeks further cooperation with ADB: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan looks forward to further strengthening its partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under its new President Masatsugu Asakawa, Adviser...
NA body laments govt’s non-seriousness towards cybersecurity
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Information Technology met on Wednesday to discuss cybersecurity and other related laws, but had to adjourn...