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...
SBP to businesses: stop firing people, get a cheap loan instead
Businesses can now get loans at 4% from banks to cover salaries from April to June 2020
‘Liquidity constraints’: Steelmakers appeal to operate during lockdown
'Construction industry will not be able to commence operations in the absence of steel'
Weekly inflation falls 0.44pc
Inflation drops to 8.2pc following a decline in food prices
MoC releases over Rs21bn DLTL refunds for industries
ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure that exporters pay dues to their employees amid industrial shutdown in the country, the Ministry of Commerce...
Stocks gain 195 points in volatile session
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a volatile session on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index making a swift recovery after...
Pakistan to receive $1.4billion IMF in coming week: Sanchez
ISLAMABAD: Resident Representative of International Monetary Funds (IMF) in Pakistan Maria Teresa Daban Sanchez has that Pakistan would receive $ 1.4 billion...