PTA to deactivate all smuggled phones by Jan 2019
The Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar has announced that mobile phones sold after 1st December 2018 that are not customs duty...
BoI to spearhead govt initiative to improve ease of doing business rankÂ
ISLAMABAD: With less than 200 days for the country to improve its ranking at the World Bank’s ease of doing business index,...
Sh Rasheed vows to make Pakistan Railways profitable
Minister says the number of freight trains will increase from 8 to 12 by March next year
PESHAWAR:Â Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad claimed...
‘China has oversold benefits of $62bn CPEC’
Expert says negative impact of the corridor has been largely underestimated
While the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been hailed as...
FBR lambasted for troubling late filers, salaried class
PEW president says masses are frequently cheated by the authorities after they are encouraged to become filers
ISLAMABAD:Â The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW)...
Pakistani businessmen urged to sign JVs with Somalian counterparts
'First ever 'Made in Pakistan' exhibition to be held in Somalia next year'
LAHORE: Embassy of Somalia Deputy Commercial Attaché Abdifitah Abdul Kadir Osman...
Pakistan’s total expenditures rise 11pc in first quarter of FY19
ISLAMABAD: The government’s total expenditures during the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year increased by 11 per cent to Rs1.588 trillion...
Price of petrol likely to decrease by Rs7 per litre
The prices of the petroleum products are likely to decrease by up to Rs7 per litre in the domestic market in December,...
Govt to reform institutions marred by corruption, nepotism: PM
PM lauds Railway Ministry for increasing the revenue by Rs 1.5 billion in three months
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on...
PFC lauds PM Imran’s endeavours in uplifting exports
LAHORE:Â Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq said on Friday that the entire business community has lauded Prime Minister Imran...
ICCI seeks PM’s regular interaction for early economic revival
ISLAMABAD:Â Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Friday sought regular interaction of the prime minister with major chambers of commerce and...
Minister calls for devising a robust strategy for infrastructural development
ISLAMABAD: Planning, Development and Reform Minister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has emphasised the need for devising a holistic strategy to develop the country’s infrastructure...
South Korean delegation to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan next month
'Korean investors are looking at Pakistan Railways as future investment prospect'
Envoy says fertile lands of Pakistan can double their yields...
Pakistan, Thailand to hold FTA talks in December
A senior official of the commerce ministry said Pakistan would get benefits of $250 million after signing the FTA with Thailand
FBR seeks cabinet approval to tax illegal mobile phones
As per the envisaged plan, the FBR has determined a plan to levy a tax on all those smuggled phones which are presently inactive and are stocked in shops as unsold