Record-tampering case surfaces in SECP
ISLAMABAD: A record-tampering case has surfaced in the Securities of Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), where two Pakistani directors of a registered...
Overseas Pakistanis remitted $21.84bn in FY19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a 19.68pc increase in remittances during the fiscal year 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last...
FBR falls Rs556bn short of revenue target
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, in its first year in power, has failed miserably in achieving the revenue target of Rs4.39...
Twitterati tells Meezan Bank to ‘Netflix and chill’
Meezan Bank recently disallowed
the payment for Netflix application, calling it “non-Shariah compliant”.
The bank’s decision has left many of its customers, who...
China to reduce tariffs, improve export tax rebate policies
BEIJING: China will stabilize trade by reducing tariffs, improving export tax rebate policies and cutting insurance fees for export companies, state television...
WEF president to arrive in Islamabad tomorrow
--This is the first visit of a World Economic Forum president to Pakistan in almost 20 years
Børge Brende, President of the...
PLL managing director says ‘dual office’ does not contravene any law
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) managing director has said that his employment contract with PLL as well as the Pakistani law...
KSE-100 closes flat amid volatile trading
KARACHI: Amidst volatile trading and thin market participation, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed Wednesday’s session flat. Foreign investors closed the previous...
Azhar relieved of Revenue Division portfolio, given economic affairs charge
--Sources say PM Imran changed the portfolio of Hammad Azhar owing to strong protest lodged by Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: A day...
Pakistan receives $991m as first tranche of IMF loan
KARACHI: Pakistan has received the first tranche of $991.4 million of the $6 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its...
Govt envisions increasing rice exports to $5bn: Dawood
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razaq Dawood said on Tuesday that the incumbent government has envisioned increasing rice exports...
Engro realises promise of indigenous power production for Pakistan
Engro Powergen Thar (Private) Limited (EPTL) –
a majority owned company of Engro Energy – and Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company
(SECMC) – a...
Fertiliser prices likely to increase by Rs100 per bag
‘Govt cannot take fertiliser as a standalone
case and if subsidy is given to one sector, others will demand the same too’
ISLAMABAD: As...
Promotion of regional trade among govt’s top priorities: BOI chief
ISLAMABAD: Zubair Gilani, the newly-appointed chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI), has expressed his resolve to uplift the board's status through...
Trump again attacks India, says tariffs ‘unacceptable’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired a new Twitter salvo at India, accusing the giant Asian economy of unfairly blocking...