PTI govt planning to resuscitate EDB
An official from the EDB said the newly installed government was interested in including the EDB in engineering focus areas with an aim to bring in latest technologies
Chairman OIC FPCC for increasing trade with Afghanistan
PESHAWAR: The Chairman Council of OIC Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Haji Naseem ur Rehman has said that OIC needs...
Local media urged to remove negative misconceptions about CPEC
ISLAMABAD: As the government has failed to remove many misconceptions about the multibillion-dollar project - the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the local media...
Govt set to impose Rs100bn taxes in mini-budget
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to impose over Rs100 billion in taxes by increasing 5 to 10 per cent regulatory duty (RD)...
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 resale price...
Non-compliant debit and credit cards will not be blocked: SBP
Instead of an official circular, SBP practically extends deadline for banks to convert magnetic stripe cards to EMV through a press release
PSX gains 643.26 points as JIT files report with SC
Karachi: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday opened to the looming uncertainty surrounding the conclusion of the JIT investigation into the Prime Ministers family...
Asad Umar summons ECC meeting tomorrow
ISLAMABAD:Â Finance Minister Asad Umar would chair the important meeting of Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) tomorrow (Tuesday).
A three-point agenda will come under discussion in the...
Pak becomes first to use multi-spectral imagery to map crops
LAHORE: According to the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) chairman Dr Umar Saif, Pakistan has become the first country in the world to use multi-spectral...
Careem hacked, millions targeted in major cyber attack
In a major development, Careem, the popular ride-hailing service operating in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Pakistan, through a security announcement has...
PM apprised of measures to control interest, inflation rates
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir on Thursday apprised the prime minister on the financial strategies to control interest and inflation...
Govt seeks services of financial advisors to launch Panda Bond
ISLAMABAD:Â The Ministry of Finance has sought the services of financial advisors, as it wants issuance of Pakistan's first renminbi-denominated bonds to raise loans from...
WB projects macroeconomic indicators to grow in future
The World Bank has projected the growth of Pakistan’s industrial sector at 7.7 percent by 2019.
According to the twice-a-year South Asia Economic Focus report,...
Govt plans to bring down circular debt to Rs225bn by December
ISLAMABAD:The incumbent government has embarked on an ambitious programme to cut down circular debt to Rs225 billion by December after it escalated to Rs450...
UBL issues clarification against its president being placed on ECL
KARACHI: Recently, a false impression has been created in certain sections of the media that the President and CEO of UBL has been placed...
