Nimir Resins resumes production activities at Lahore plant
The management of the Nimir Resins Limited has decided to resume its plant operations (production facilities) at Lahore factory from today as...
TPB gives due consideration to budget proposals :RazakÂ
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has said the budget proposals, forwarded by different stakeholders, would be...
Pakistan cannot fight Covid-19 without medicinal imports from India: PPMA
KARACHI: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has warned the federal government that any decision to discontinue the import of raw material...
Covid-19 lockdown dampens business optimism in Pakistan: D&B report
Only 19pc respondents anticipate increase in sales revenue, whereas 16pc expect decline in number of employees post Covid-19
Remittances remain steady despite COVID-19 crisis
KARACHI: Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $1,790.0 million in April 2020, a fall of $104.4 million or 5.5pc, when compared with $1,894.4 million...
Physical work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam ready for commencement, PM told
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed on Monday that as per his directions, all issues related to the critically important Diamer-Bhasha...
Rozgar Scheme: SBP enhances financing limit to protect workers’ wages
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has increased the financing limits for its temporary scheme, under which businesses can get loans...
Pakistan gets $1.8bn loan rescheduled from friendly countries
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Monday that $1.8 billion worth of loans...
SBP to announce monetary policy on 15th
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet on Friday (May 15) in Karachi to decide the country’s monetary policy.
The...
Stocks close flat amid lack of triggers
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) moved in a narrow range on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index closing flat amid a...
Asian shares push higher as more countries ease lockdowns
SYDNEY:Â Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies, even as some...
Oil prices drop amid supply glut, fears of second coronavirus wave
SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell on Monday as concern over a persistent glut and economic gloom caused by the coronavirus pandemic combined to...
ECC, cabinet decisions led to hike in sugar prices: Abbasi
ISLAMABAD:Â Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said that the decisions taken by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and federal cabinet...
‘NCC-approved business activities to begin from Monday’
Sindh info minister says decision may be reversed in light of developing situation
Services trade deficit shrinks 30pc in nine months
ISLAMABAD: The country's services trade deficit witnessed a reduction of 30pc during the first three quarters of the current financial year as...