PM urged to strike preferential trade deal with US
'US should compensate to some extent the huge economic losses incurred by Pakistan post 9/11'
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to negotiate a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with the United States during his visit.
In a...
Italian, Chinese majors vie in Pakistan’s mega LNG tender
LONDON/SINGAPORE: Italian oil major Eni, China’s overseas energy unit PetroChina and two trading houses are vying to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Pakistan...
Govt increases fertiliser prices by Rs10 per bag
Razaq Dawood says govt withstood the pressure from fertiliser industry and only made a nominal hike
Says in order to facilitate the farmers,...
Balochistan govt allocates Rs 9bn for the development of irrigation system
ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government had allocated Rs 9.098 billion for the development of irrigation system in the province.
According to a official source, the provincial government...
Benami assets will be sold, proceeds to help end poverty: PM
MIANWALI: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the accountability process will proceed unhindered regardless of any opposition and expressed the government’s resolve to confiscate...
In committing to exchange rate peg, PTI is repeating Ishaq Dar’s folly
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Changing the way Pakistan learns mathematics
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Is KASB Securities back from the dead?
It was among the biggest failures in Pakistan’s financial services sector: KASB Bank, the retail bank owned by the KASB Group had been dying a slow death since the financial crisis of...
Turkish tiles giant Kale becomes market leader among imported brands. What’s next?
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Is City Media Group doing what other media houses should be doing?
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Need 5 million homes in five years? These three entrepreneurs might have answers
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Meet the entrepreneurs with the ticket to a multi-million dollar industry
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The future of cars is electric, and Imran Khan wants to keep up
The world is dying. We have been told this time and time again but without a care as to the future the planet we continue to poison the planet, pumping harmful gases into the...
Is the modern professional too busy to exercise?
A friend of mine, who is several years younger, went for a regular medical check-up recently. He was told that he had...
The most worrying chart (Editor’s Note)
There is one chart that gives us a heart attack every time we look at it: one that shows Pakistan’s average income...
Ego and insecurity (Editor’s Note)
Being the best and being good enough are not the same thing, a distinction that the students, faculty, and alumni of the Lahore University...
“Boycotting imported products will elevate rupee and make Pakistan better off,” BS or not?
In response to the relentless hike in US dollar against Pakistani rupee, various campaigns online have urged Pakistani consumers to cut-off their purchase of...
Smuggled phones can be unblocked in the black market for Rs 2,000’: BS or Not?
Senator Mian Mohammad Ateeq Sheikh raised concerns in a Senate standing committee a few days ago over Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked phones being...
‘Huawei phones have stopped working after Google pulls its Android license,’ BS or not?
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FBR warns business community against under-invoicing, misdeclaration
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“Otherwise, the FBR will take punitive action...
Power tariff likely to be hiked by another Rs3.5 per unit
The government of Pakistan, following its agreement with The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to increase the power tariff by another Rs3.5 per...
FBR’s revenues to surge to Rs10.5tr by 2023-24: IMF
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Unilever Pakistan turns to import substitutes and exports
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‘Huawei to invest $100m in Pakistan this year’
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Profit E-Magazine Issue 69
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