Germany keen to invest in Pakistan’s SMEs
Germany is keen to expand trade and investment ties with Pakistan, particularly in the area of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a...
Govt presents finance bill amid ruckus in NA
–Third finance bill aims at encouraging investment, exports, promoting ease of doing business
–Super tax on non-banking companies abolished, interest on agri loans...
Textile workers get fired for demanding their rights
Pakistan’s government is failing to enforce laws that could protect millions of garment workers from serious labor rights abuses, Human Rights Watch...
Senate body expresses concern over shrinking of land under cotton cultivation
Cotton commissioner says scarcity of certified seed, decreased profitability, and issues of plant population were among the reasons behind low production
ISLAMABAD:...
British Airways team to assess security measures in Islamabad next week
British high commissioner says the return of BA reflects great improvements in the security situation of Pakistan in recent years
A British Airways team,...
FBR directed to expedite efforts against under-invoicing, money laundering
Senator Shibli Faraz stresses the need to increase engineering exports so that more revenue can be generated
ISLAMABAD:Â The Senate's Standing Committee on...
PSX continues to flourish amid improved investor confidence
KSE 100 index gains 155 points, closes in green for the fourth consecutive session
KARACHI: Optimism in the market continued for the fourth consecutive...
NEPRA approves 57 paisa per unit hike in power tariff
‘Electricity price has increased because power plants were not supplied LNG from 6th to 30th Dec 2018’
ISLAMABAD:Â The National Electric Power Regulatory...
China says will step up fiscal spending this year to support economy
Chinese govt may unveil more fiscal stimulus during the annual parliamentary meeting in March, including bigger tax cuts and more spending...
At Davos, China slowdown is ‘no disaster’
DAVOS: The slowdown in Chinese growth has become the latest looming cloud over the global economy, but at the World Economic Forum...
Pakistan turns to Gulf countries to keep economy afloat
Saudi Arabia and its ally, the United Arab Emirates, have offered Pakistan over $30 billion in loans and investments, with Saudi Crown...
Govt prepares new budget amid balance of payments squeeze
'This is not just about taxation measures, it is about encouraging investment, whether in the stock exchange, industry, financial sector or...
Agriculture sector may get Rs35bn subsidy in mini-budget Â
Planning ministry has approved a subsidy of Rs405 per urea bag and proposed the same for the federal cabinet’s approvalÂ
ISLAMABAD:Â The agriculture...
Govt takes Rs20.5bn French loan to complete Peshawar metro project
ISLAMABAD:Â The French embassy in Islamabad on Tuesday announced that it was extending a Rs 20.5 billion (Euro 130 million) loan to the...
‘Sibi-Harnai railway route to be opened in three months’
The route was closed after militants blew up ten bridges in 2006
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Tuesday that concrete...