FTA–II with China to help enhance Pakistan’s exports, Senate body told
'China has agreed to give Pakistan free market excess on 313 tariff lines'
ISLAMABAD: Senate's Standing Committee on Commerce and Textiles was...
Spices export increases 14.65pc in nine months FY19
ISLAMABAD: The export of spices has earned $68.445 million for the country during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (2018-19),...
KSE-100 plunges another 517 points amid lacklustre trading
KARACHI: Investors of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a dull start to the week as indices continued to crumble amid lack of...
China trade team still preparing to go for talks after Trump cranks up pressure
BEIJING/WASHINGTON: China said on Monday that a delegation is still preparing to go to the United States for trade talks, after US...
Shabbar Zaidi appointed as FBR chairman
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced that the government has appointed renowned economist and tax affairs expert Syed Shabbar Zaidi as...
Associated Group plans to launch all-business-class airline service
LAHORE: Associated Group plans on launching an all-business-class commercial airline service that will target businessmen, executives and bankers as their niche market.
According...
Why is Pakistan unable to develop a competitive-export focused industrial sector?
Pakistan can come out of its intermittent economic crisis by embarking on export-based industry that would help improve the country’s current account...
Imran Khan: Build governance, discontinue Raja Rule
For too long we have had arbitrary government run by elected rajas who personalized governance without due process, record-keeping or transparency. One...
Why overstaffing is not the biggest issue with our state-owned enterprises
....and how to fix it!
A tale of two entrepreneurs (Editor’s Note)
This week, Profit chronicles the tale of two men who are in some ways a study in contrasts: one who is at...
Faysal Bank planning 200 new branches in Pakistan
As banks around the world shut branches and lay off tellers, Pakistan’s Faysal Bank is headed in the opposite direction in the...
Placement committee to review appointment of FBR Chairman
ISLAMABAD: The government after taking the decision of appointing the new chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), has withheld the notification after...
No electricity load shedding for domestic consumers during sehar, iftar, tarveeh timings
ISLAMABAD: Domestic consumers will be exempt from electricity load shedding during sehar, iftar, tarveeh timings during the upcoming holy month of Ramzan.
The Pakistan Electric...
FBR releases notification for hike in petroleum products
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Sunday released the notification for an increase in prices of petroleum products. The recent hike, which...