Interest rate may come down next month: Hafeez Shaikh
Finance adviser says shortfall in FBR target will be met through non-tax revenue of Rs1.2tr
Punjab sugar mills halt crushing owing to ‘non-availability of sugarcane’
LAHORE: Punjab sugar mill owners on Tuesday stopped their crushing processes and decided to close their mills owing to "non-availability of sugarcane".
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‘Efforts underway to bridge digital divide between urban, remote areas’
ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said on Tuesday that efforts were being made to bridge the digital gap between the...
NAB files reference against Abbasi, Miftah in LNG import case
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi on Tuesday filed a reference against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah...
SECP issues revised AML/CFT guidelines for NPOs
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued revised and more elaborative Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financial Terrorism (AML/CFT)...
Bears return as KSE-100 sheds 335 points
KARACHI: Bulls of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) seemed exhausted on Tuesday, as the indices, which opened on a positive note, failed...
Malik Riaz agrees for £190m settlement with UK investigators
'The assets will be handed over to the Pakistani government'
Trump says China trade deal might have to wait for 2020 election
LONDON: US President Donald Trump said a trade agreement with China might have to wait until after the US presidential election in...
‘Govt striving to harness water resources for energy generation’
Power Division Minister Omar Ayub Khan on Monday stressed the need for careful utilization of water as water storage capacity was fast...
Pakistan to host APICTA executive committee meeting next year
Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards were held in Ha Long, Vietnam from 18th to 22nd November 2019. During the closing meeting...
Govt targeting $4bn biotech exports in 10 years: minister
LAHORE: Science and Technology (S&T) Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that the government was focusing on biotechnology to ensure its contribution to...
Asad Umar vows to promote entrepreneurship culture
Planning minister says one million students will be trained through 10,000 startup programmes by 2023
US factory sector contracts again in November
The US economy's manufacturing sector contracted for a fourth straight month in November as new order volumes slid back to around their...
Egyptian tycoon eyes big investment in Pakistan
Naguib Sawiris calls for removal of bureaucratic hurdles, says his company ready to help govt build five million houses
Moody’s upgrades Pakistan’s outlook to ‘stable’, affirms B3 rating
As a sign of improving economy, Moody’s Investors Services have upgraded the country’s outlook from ‘negative’ to ‘stable’, reaffirming the country’s rating...