Monday, January 12, 2026

Govt to focus on high growth rate, controlled inflation in next budget: Miftah Ismail

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Miftah Ismail Friday said the government will mainly focus on setting the target for a high economic...

PM directs FBR to focus on ‘influential’ tax evaders, non-filers

PM Khan blames previous governments for ignoring the weaknesses in the country’s taxation system ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed the Federal Board...

Low investor confidence: KSE-100 falls to 43,000pts level

Red overshadows THE Trade Screen LAHORE The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) resumed trading after the long weekend with weak sentiments. Low investor confidence was evident on...

Current Account deficit widens by 48pc

KARACHI: The current account deficit in the first seven months of 2017-18 amounted to $ 9.1 billion, up 48.1 per cent from a year...

Fitch Ratings upgrades Pakistan’s rating to ‘CCC’

Pakistan takes measures to address revenue shortfalls and energy subsidies, Fitch Ratings Reports

Petroleum Division devises three-pronged strategy to curb gas sector losses

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has submitted with the Federal Cabinet a three-pronged strategy to address the issue of approximately Rs50 billion worth annual gas losses,...

Weekly inflation falls 0.83pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation for the combined consumption group (as on December 5) decreased by 0.83pc as compared to the previous...

Upcoming budget to focus on achieving 6% GDP growth: Ishaq Dar

Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said the development drive and the federal budget for the coming fiscal year would focus on generating 6%...

APTMA expects improvement in exports from this month

LAHORE: The textile industry has apprised the federal government of its target of achieving 45pc exports in May and 55pc exports in June. All Pakistan...

Balochistan govt considering out of court settlement proposal for Reko Diq

Islamabad: An out of court settlement for the Reko Diq copper and gold mining project has been proposed to the Balochistan government by Canada. It...

Government not worried about increasing debt: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The federal government obtained $ 2.9 billion in loans from commercial banks, multilateral and bilateral institutions in December 2017 alone. Documents available with Pakistan Today indicate...

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 to $5...

Shaheen Air proprietors escape Pakistan, leave recoveries in limbo

SAI’s fortunes tumbled in April this year when it defaulted on payments of taxes and fee to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to the tune of Rs1.3 billion

Cement exports fall 18pc YoY in February

Cement exports during the month of February 2021 declined by 5.9pc on a month-on-month (MoM) basis and 17.93pc on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, data...

Govt assures cotton growers of fair prices

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Thursday that there was an unprecedented focus on the growth...