Canadian investors urged to explore Pakistan’s budding market
ISLAMABAD:Â Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Thursday invited the Canadian businesspersons to explore the budding market of Pakistan.
In a telephonic conversation with Canadian...
Pharmaceutical exports increase 2.7pc in seven months FY19
ISLAMABAD:Â Pharmaceutical products worth $122.181 million were exported during the first seven months of the current financial year as compared the exports of...
Danish envoy lauds govt for introducing investor-friendly policies
ISLAMABAD: The government has taken various steps to promote ease of doing business by facilitating foreign investors through various incentives, including rationalization of tax...
‘Govt committed to introducing public sector reforms’
ISLAMABAD:Â Planning Minister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has said that the government is committed to restructuring the public sector to make it more productive...
Tax reforms imperative for economic stability: PM
PM says if the tax collection authority cannot be fixed, he will create a new one
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on...
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON:Â The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to strong labor market conditions despite signs that...
Opportunity for Pakistan as US withdraws duty-free benefits from India
'Around 2,000 Indian products were enjoying duty-free status before the US' announcement'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is ready to avail the opportunity that emerged...
PSX ends 274 points lower amid lacklustre trading
KARACHI:Â Negativity prevailed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) once again on Thursday as indices kept shedding gains and volumes remained low. Foreign...
SECP Policy Board amends regulations to remove business impediments
ISLAMABAD:Â On the recommendation of the regulations committee, the policy board of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved several proposed...
ECC approves Rs8bn additional budget for armed forces
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday approved nearly Rs8 billion supplementary budget to meet the additional needs of...
Govt appoints eight private directors for Sarmaya-e-PakistanÂ
'One of the private directors will be the chairman of SPL while the finance secretary will take charge as CEO'
ISLAMABAD:Â The Ministry...
NFIS targets three million new jobs, $5.5bn additional exports by 2023
Finance minister says govt prioritised NFIS as part of its agenda to achieve inclusive economic growth
ISLAMABAD:Â The government has set a...
‘Govt committed to eradicating power theft, load shedding’
HARIPUR:Â Water and Power Minister Omer Ayub Khan said on Tuesday that the government was determined to eradicating electricity theft and load shedding...
PM approves 20pc quota for overseas Pakistanis in trade offices abroad
ISLAMABAD:Â Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved the reservation of 20 per cent quota for overseas Pakistanis for the posts of trade...
DISCOs seek Rs1.80 per unit hike in power tariff
Power distributing companies have accumulated a loss of Rs201bn in the first two quarters of FY19
ISLAMABAD:Â The Task Force on Energy Reforms...