Qureshi invites Norwegian companies to invest in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday invited the Norwegian companies to invest in Pakistan in renewable energy, water and...

Govt considering all options to uplift the economy: Asad Umar

He said that bailout package was unavoidable from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help the country’s economic challenges

The global halal trade: Is Belgium the next frontier for Pakistani exports?

A growing Muslim population and rising non-Muslim interest in halal products is a market waiting to be captured

Daronomics and its aftershocks

A familiar mess that the PTI has inherited

OGDCL decides to purchase costly drilling machines

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) administration has decided to purchase three drilling machines worth billions of rupees.  Sources...

Fertiliser industry withholds GIDC payment worth billions

ISLAMABAD: Though the fertilizer industry has been charging farmers with Rs405 per bag under the head Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), however,...

Weekly inflation up 0.42pc

ISLAMABAD: The sensitive price indicator (SPI) for the week ended November 15 increased to 0.42 per cent over the previous week, and...

ECC to decide on issues of surplus wheat, PPAF, PSM dues

LAHORE: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet will be held on Tuesday, 20 November 2018, stated a notification...

Pakistan’s first tranche of $1 billion aid from Saudi Arabia to arrive on Monday: Asad Umar

The second and third tranche are expected to be received over the course of next two months from Saudi Arabia

EAC sub-groups asked to implement NFIS recommendations

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Economic Advisory Council’s (EAC) sub-groups on National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS)...

Business community confident ahead of PM’s visit to UAE

‘Pakistan should take steps towards minimising trade deficit with UAE’ LAHORE: SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SAARC CCI) Senior Vice President Iftikhar...

Two years on, trade under CPEC yet to see the light of day

ISLAMABAD: Although a bus service, called the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Passenger Bus Service, has recently commenced its operations with an aim to...

China not insensitive to Pakistan’s problems: FPCCI

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) said on Saturday China is not indifferent to the problems of Pakistan. “China...

Asad Umar says no plan to privatise ‘strategically important’ PSM, PIA

'Govt has given PSM management a 45-day ultimatum to come up with a comprehensive plan with regard to running the mill...

‘CPEC launched when no country was ready to invest in Pakistan’

-PCI Chairman Mushahid Hussain terms Belt and Road Initiative as a driver of globalisation in the 21st century BEIJING: Pakistan China Institute Chairman Senator...