Asad decides to discuss next fiscal budget with parliamentary leaders
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has decided to take all the parliamentary parties' leaders on board over presentation of budget for...
PM Imran appeals for debt relief to combat coronavirus fallout
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed to the world leaders, leading financial institutions and the United Nations Secretary General for launching...
KP’s small traders seek financial package to avert losses
PESHAWAR: Various trade bodies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday demanded the federal and provincial governments to include small businessmen and traders in...
WB says Pakistan’s GDP to shrink by 1.3pc
ISLAMABAD:Â The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Pakistan will contract by 1.3 per cent in financial year 2020 due to a sluggish domestic...
‘Covid-19 stimulus package’: Finance adviser briefs PM on progress
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday and briefed him about...
Govt committed to safeguarding businesses during pandemic: Shehzad Akbar
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Accountability and Interior Shehzad Akbar on Saturday while lauding the business community’s role in philanthropic...
SBP’s initiatives to help keep businesses afloat: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the incentives announced by the State Bank of Pakistan for businesses are part of the...
Plastic imports decline 7.9pc in eight months
ISLAMABAD: The import of plastic material into the country witnessed a decline of 7.94pc during the first eight months of the current...
Wheat harvest in full swing across country
LAHORE: Wheat crop harvesting and threshing processes are running smoothly across the country, with chances of an early close this season, given...
Small industries to be opened gradually: HammadÂ
Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar has said the government is not only providing financial help to unemployed and needy people...
Russian central bank turns attention to banks hit by slower gold exports
MOSCOW: Russia's central bank is considering how to help the country's commercial banks with gold storage after complications with bullion exports because...
Remittances rise 3.8pc to $1.8bn in March
KARACHI: Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $1,894.4 million in March 2020, a rise of 3.8pc or $69.4 million, when compared with $1,825.0 million...
Cellular companies seek permission to launch 3G/4G in AJK, GB without auction
ISLAMABAD: As the auction process of 3G/4G internet services in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) has been in limbo for...
Govt to allow opening of industrial units with confirmed export orders
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to allow the opening of industrial units with confirmed export orders, sources revealed on Friday.
According to details,...
Govt fails to implement surcharges on tobacco, sugary drinks
ISLAMABAD: The government has failed to implement the cabinet’s decision pertaining to imposing a Rs 10 surcharge on tobacco products and Rs1...