Pakistan despatches compliance report on money laundering to FATF

Pakistan on Wednesday night dispatched its detailed reply comprising about 120 pages along with annexure details of 500 pages to the Joint...

Pakistan seeks financial help from China, Saudi Arabia to avoid IMF bailout

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reached out to close friends China and Saudi Arabia to provide it with $6 to $8 billion in form...

Pakistan’s economy to grow at 5.9 percent over medium-term, predicts: World Bank

LAHORE: World Bank released its “Global Economic Prospects” report on Tuesday revealing growth slowed down in South Asia to 6.5 percent during...

Cumulative trade deficit for last fours recorded at nearly $99b

ISLAMABAD: As exports kept falling compared to ever rising imports since the present government came into power in 2013, the trade deficit...

FBR seeks income details of Karachi doctors

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued notices to renowned medical centres across Karachi, seeking income details of physicians and surgeons. According...

Comprehensive economic reforms vital for sustainable growth: FPCCI

ISLAMABAD: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Mian Anjum Nisar on Saturday stressed on the need for structural...

ADB to invest $2bn in Pakistan’s energy sector in next three years

ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has planned to invest $2 billion in Pakistan’s energy sector over the course of next three years. "With...

PBIF demands stakeholder participation in budget-making process

President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President AKIA, Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former Provincial Minister...

Malaysian investors urged to become part of CPEC framework

ISLAMABAD: Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ikram Mohammad Ibrahim has urged his country’s business community to seize the investment opportunities offered by Pakistan, especially...

Pakistan partners with USAID to streamline trade and customs procedures

KARACHI: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue partnered to host a...

FBR sets up facilitative booth at Karachi Expo Centre

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has set up an informative booth at the inaugural session of 'IT Minister's Forum for Youth,...

Overseas Pakistanis remit $1.93bn in July

KARACHI: Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $1.929 billion in the first month (July) of 2018-19 as compared with $1.541 billion received during the...

Eighteen marks its presence in KPK, launches sales office in Peshawar

Eighteen – Pakistan’s most luxurious and modern, mixed-use, residential project, in an aim to enhance its presence provide convenience for its investors...

Railways minister vows to bring 100 new coaches in a month

'Small factories and schools built near railway tracks will be closed' LAHORE: Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Saturday claimed he will...

FBR acquires bank account, property details of govt officials

'The department has collected the data of 16,000 unregistered salaried individuals in Karachi, besides identifying some 2,000 unregistered property owners' ISLAMABAD: The tax...