Govt borrowed $1.5 billion from China from July to April

ISLAMABAD: The government has borrowed $1.5 billion from China in the first ten months of current fiscal year 2018-19. Documents show that China...

Financial management key to successful businesses: SMEDA

LAHORE: Financial management is the main driving key to run a successful business. It was unanimously observed by the speakers while addressing...

Siemens boosts manufacturing in Pakistan with new line for power technology

KARACHI: Siemens has strengthened local manufacturing in Pakistan with a new production line for the company’s latest technology in air-insulated switchgear, the...

Govt to provide billions in tax exemption to Chinese companies

ISLAMABAD: While rejecting the Senate Standing Committee on Finance's recommendation to withdraw the tax exemptions given to Chinese companies, the tax department...

Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook, weak balance of trade, and current account deficit

LAHORE: As a country divided over its economic policies, embroiled in political infighting and flaky governance along with a longstanding trend of...

FBR advocating for transfer of land on open market rate

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to establish the ‘directorate of immovable property’ in order to enable the transfer of...

CCP imposes Rs5m penalty on Reliance Paints for price-fixing, downstream cartelisation

KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed a penalty of Rs5 million on Reliance Paints Pakistan for fixing a minimum...

Tech startup from Karachi wins Rs1mn in StartUp Cup

LAHORE: The fourth edition of the 2017-18 StartUp Cup, funded by the United States was won by a team from Karachi, Retailistan, that beat 17 other...

MoC, NTC finalise National Trade Policy

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Commerce (MoC) and the National Tariff Commission (NTC) has finalised the much waited National Tariff Policy. Commerce Division and...

FBR to miss revenue collection target by a wide margin

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has not been able to achieve the revenue target it set for the current Fiscal Year 2017-18,...

‘Afeef Zara Airways’ obtains license, plans to take-off in six months

KARACHI: Afeef Zara Airways has obtained its Regular Public Transport (RPT) license from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and plans to commence its...

Commerce Minister attends Commonwealth Forum in England 

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile, Mohammad Pervaiz Malik is an on official visit the to UK from 16th to 18th...

PM chairs ECC meeting, accord approvals for power sector

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet here at the Prime...

PRGMEA shows concerns over duty drawback of taxes 2017-18 

KARACHI: Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Chairman Central, Shaikh Mohammad Shafiq has expressed grave concerns about the decreasing trend...

Haroon Akhtar seeks greater S. Korean investments in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue/Federal Minister Senator Haroon Akhtar Khan has said that the business and investment environment in Pakistan...